New Delhi: India recorded its biggest surge in the number of coronavirus cases in last 24 hours.
According to Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am today, the country saw 17,296 cases.
With this India’s coronavirus tally has increased to 4,90,401. The death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, the report said.
The number of active cases stands at 1,89,463 while 2,85,636 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated figures.
Of the 407 new deaths reported till Friday morning, 192 were in Maharashtra, 64 in Delhi, 45 in Tamilnadu, 18 in Gujarat, 15 each in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Punjab, six in Karnataka, five in Telangana, four in Rajasthan and two in Jammu and Kashmir.
Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand have reported one covid-19 fatality each in the last 24 hours.