The total number of patients infected with the corona virus in the country surpassed that of China on Friday night.

The total number of patients infected with the corona virus in the country surpassed that of China on Friday night.

As per the data released by Johns Hopkins, an organization that monitors coronavirus infection, the number of people infected with corona in India is 85,784 while in China it is 82,933.

Coronavirus However, in terms of death toll, India is far better than China. So far 2,753 people have died from corona in the country while a total of 4,633 people have died in China due to the disease.

In the last 24 hours, 3787 new cases of corona infection have been reported, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to over 85,000. During the same period, 1,000 people have died.

According to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday (May 15) morning, 85,784 people have so far been infected with the corona virus in various states and Union Territories of the country while 2753 people have died. 27920 people have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from various hospitals.

CoronavirusHowever, following the latest corona figures released by various states in the evening, the total number of patients in the country has come close to 83,000 in China.

In the last 24 hours, four new cases of corona have been reported in China, the epicenter of the global epidemic corona virus (Covid-19) but no one has been killed, China's National Health Commission said on Friday.

The health commission said all the cases were reported in Jilin province. The commission said authorities had registered 11 new cases in which no symptoms were seen.

"The National Health Commission has so far received information about 82,933 confirmed cases from 31 states of the country," the commission said. Of these, 11 are in critical condition, 4633 have died and 78209 have been discharged from the hospital.