IMAGE: COVID-19 patients are seen inside a quarantine centre at CWG Village in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo
With the highest single-day spike of 34,956 cases, and 687 deaths, India’s COVID-19 positive cases crossed the 10-lakh mark on Friday, according to the Union health ministry.
IMAGE: Health workers arrange samples of Greater Chennai Corporation employees for COVID-19 via Rapid Antigen at Amma Malligai Auditorium in Chennai. Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo
The total positive cases stand at 10,03,832 including 3,42,473 active cases, 6,35,757 cured/discharged/migrated and 25,602 deaths, according to the ministry.
IMAGE: Driver and conductor wearing PPE kits operate bus after Bhopal City Link Limited resumed its passenger bus service with some ease amid COVID-19 lockdown. Photograph: ANI Photo
Maharashtra — the worst-affected state from the infection — has a total of 2,84,281 COVID-19 cases and 11,194 fatalities.
IMAGE: A health worker collects swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction test in a containment zone in Gurugram. Photograph: PTI Photo
While Tamil Nadu has a tally of 1,56,369 cases and 2,236 deaths due to COVID-19.
IMAGE: Municipal corporation workers use a mist cannon to sanitise the area outside Eden Garden in Kolkata. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra /PTI Photo
Delhi has reported a total of 1,18,645 cases and 3,545 deaths due to COVID-19.
IMAGE: A medic waits for plasma donors at LNJP Hospital Plasma Bank in New Delhi. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo