Covid-19: Record almost 35k cases in single day took the tally to above 1 million
With a record single day surge of 34,956 cases, India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past ten lakh on Friday
New Delhi: With a record single day surge of 34,956 cases, India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past ten lakh on Friday, just three days after it crossed the nine-lakh mark.
The total coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 10,03,832, while death toll mounted to 25,602 with the highest number of 687 fatalities recorded in a day.
Meanwhile, around 63.33 per cent of patients have recovered so far. This is the sixth consecutive day when more than 28,000 cases were recorded.
Of the 687 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 266 are from Maharashtra, 104 from Karnataka, 69 from Tamil Nadu, 58 from Delhi, 40 from Andhra Pradesh, 34 from Uttar Pradesh, 23 from West Bengal, 17 from Bihar, 16 from Jammu and Kashmir, 10 each from Telangana and Gujarat and nine from Punjab.
Rajasthan has reported eight fatalities followed by Madhya Pradesh with seven deaths, Jharkhand four, Haryana three, Assam, Kerala and Odisha two each while Chhattisgarh, Goa and Puducherry have registered a fatality each.