Covid-19: Over 49k cases in 24 hours in India took the tally to near 13-lakh mark

Rozana Spokesman

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India saw a record single-day spike of 49,310 Covid-19 cases which took the country's virus tally to 12,87,945 on Friday

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New Delhi: India saw a record single-day spike of 49,310 Covid-19 cases which took the country's virus tally to 12,87,945 on Friday, while the recoveries surged to 8,17,208.

The death toll mounted to 30,601 with 740 new fatalities reported in a span of 24 hours.

Thus, around 63.45 per cent people have recovered so far.

Of the 740 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 298 are from Maharashtra, 97 from Karnataka, 88 are from Tamil Nadu, 61 from Andhra Pradesh, 34 from West Bengal, 28 from Gujarat, 26 each from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, 11 from Rajasthan,10 from Madhya Pradesh and nine each from Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana.