Coronavirus cases in India mounted over 69 lakh on Friday as the country registered a spike of 70,496 new cases in a span of 24 hours. According to the health ministry, 964 people have also succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
Since the pandemic hit the country, India has reported 69,06,152 coronavirus cases and of these, 8,93,592 are active. So far, 59,06,070 coronavirus patients have recovered and 1,06,490 have lost their lives due to the infection.
On Thursday morning, India’s coronavirus caseload mounted to 68,35,655 with 78,524 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,05,526 with 971 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.