With 1,993 more COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India’s tally of coronavirus cases stands at 35,043 on Friday, said the health ministry.
IMAGE: A doctor collects sample from a man for COVID-19 test in a ‘Red Zone’ area of Bemina in Srinagar. Photograph: S Irfan/PTI Photo
The total tally is inclusive of 25,007 active cases, 8,888 patients cured/discharged and one patient migrated.
With 73 more deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths due to the coronavirus rises 1,147.
According to the ministry, Maharashtra has the most COVID-19 cases with 10,498 cases including 1,773 patients cured/discharged and 459 patients dead.
Gujarat is second on the list with 4,395 cases that include 613 patients cured and 214 patients succumbing to the deadly virus.
IMAGE: Migrant workers keep their plates in a queue to reserve their spot ahead of food distribution at a government-run shelter home at CIDCO Exhibition Center, Vashi in Navi Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo
Delhi’s tally of positive coronavirus cases stands at 3,515 cases of which 1,094 patients have been cured while the death toll stands at 59.
Goa (seven cases), Tripura (two cases), Arunachal Pradesh (one case) and Manipur (two cases), all patients who were infected by the virus in these states have been cured and no new case has been reported.
