IMAGE: A medic shows a Rapid Test kit for COVID-19 tests at a testing centre in a government school in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
India on Saturday saw another record spike of 14,516 new COVID-19 cases in a single-day, pushing the tally to 3,95,048, while the death toll rose to 12,948 with 375 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.
The number of recoveries continued to surge with 2,13,830 patients cured so far, while there are 1,68,269 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.
IMAGE: A medical health worker holds a test sample at a school which was turned into a centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
One patient has migrated.
“Thus, around 54.12 per cent of the patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.
IMAGE: Workers wearing protective suits cremate the body of a person who died of COVID-19 at a crematorium in Maharashtra’s Karad. Photograph: /PTI Photo
India registered over 10,000 cases for the ninth day in a row.
IMAGE: Health workers wearing PPE kit walk near Bandra Hill Road in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Photo
The country has witnessed a surge of over two lakh infections from June 1 till 20 with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh among the top five states that have seen a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.