India’s Covid-19 tally rallies past 5 lakh, over 15,000 deaths

India now has over 5 lakh covid-19 cases with over 15,000 deaths. The official number of total coronavirus cases, however, remains at 4.90 lakh as the Ministry of Health’s data dashboard is updated on Friday morning.

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Maharashtra, the worst-hit state with over 5,000 new cases, reached an aggregate of 1,52,765, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu also reported their biggest one-day Covid-19 numbers. The overall death count climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities. It was the seventh day in a row that India registered over 14,000 cases.

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Delhi, which is grappling with shortage of COVID-19 beds, reported 3,460 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The national capital’s coronavirus total reached 77,240 on Friday. 2,326 people were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, which took the total of recoveries to 47,091. With an addition of 63, the death count stood at 2,492.

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Tamil Nadu, which is ranked third on India’s coronavirus list, has reported 3,509 new cases, its highest single day spike, pushing the infection count to 70,977. With 45 new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state has reached 911.

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