India Registers Record High 9,887 New COVID-19 Cases, 294 Deaths In Past 24 Hours; Overall Corona Cases Rises Over 2.36 Lakhs

The massive surge in the cases have taken India's overall tally to 236657, which includes 115942 active cases,as per the figures released by Health and Family Welfare.Meanwhile the recovery rate is pretty high with 114073 patients cured and discharged and 6642 deaths.

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New Delhi: The relentless attack COVID 19 on India seems unstoppable as the nation witnessed a new record high of 9887 cases spiking up in the last 24 hours. 294 citizens across the nation succumbed to the deadly virus, taking the overall death toll to 6,642 in the nation. The massive surge in the cases have taken India's overall tally to 236657, which includes 115942 active cases,as per the figures released by Health and Family Welfare.Meanwhile the recovery rate is pretty high with 114073 patients cured and discharged and 6642 deaths.

India reports 9887 new #COVID19 cases & 294 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country now at 236657, including 115942 active cases, 114073 cured/discharged/migrated and 6642 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/1URmVp49Ww

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India which is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 cases has now overtaken Italy to become the sixth most affected country . India rose to the sixth spot after the total tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in India rose to 2.35 lakh on Friday, data from America’s Johns Hopkins University showed. India had crossed China, where the virus emerged late last year, in terms of cases for the ninth spot just a week ago. Figures from the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University showed around midnight that India had 235,769 Covid-19 cases and Italy 236,184. With 6,641 deaths, India has now ranked the 12th worst-hit country. WATCH: India reports sixth-highest COVID-19 cases in the world According to Johns Hopkins data, the US has the most number of infected people in the world with more than 1.8 million Covid-19 cases. The US has 18,80,703 infections and 1,08,496 deaths. Of these, 485,002 people have been cured of the infection. Meanwhile, the other worst affected nations which round off the top five are Brazil, Russia, Italy and Spain.