India records single-day spike of over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases for first time

NEW DELHI: India recorded over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases in a day for the first time, taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the union health ministry data.
The country has registered 10,956 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours till Friday 8am.
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India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom in terms of coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country, according to the Worldometer.
The number of recoveries are more than the active novel coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day.
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