The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,706 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,65,799, registering an increase of 175 deaths and a record jump of 7,466 cases since Thursday 8 am, the Union health ministry said.
IMAGE: Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment take care of a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 89,98, while 71,105 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
“Thus, around 42.89 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said.
The total confirmed cases includes foreigners.
IMAGE: Sanjay Meriya, 30, also known as the Spindoctor, wearing a protective gear checks temperature of a woman in a temporary health center where he coaches slum dwellers on the precautions they should take to avoid being infected with the coronavirus in Mumbai. Photograph: Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters
Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 59,546 cases.
Tamil Nadu has recorded as many as 19,372 cases while Gujarat and Delhi have recorded 15,562 and 16,281 coronavirus cases respectively.