Covid-19: India records over 10,000 cases in a day, death toll reaches 8,498

New Delhi: India recorded over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases in a day for the first time, taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The country has registered 10,956 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am.

The number of recoveries is more than the active novel coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day.

"Thus, around 49.47 per cent patients have recovered so far," an official said.