India records over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in single day

Friday, 12 June 2020Newsdesk

For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day 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 8 am.

New Delhi, 12 June 2020

As per news report of PTI, India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Worldometer. The number of active cases stands at 1,41,842, while 1,47,194 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said."Thus, around 49.47 per cent patients have recovered so far," an official said.

Source -ptinews.com