India registers over 17,000 COVID-19 daily cases for first time

Overall coronavirus death toll crosses 15,000 with 407 new fatalities

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Published:  June 26, 2020 10:35PTI

  

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Doctors and other health workers gather in a makeshift ward at an emergency Covid-19 care centre set up in the Shehnai Banquet Hall at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital Annexe in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.Image Credit: Bloomberg

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New Delhi: The highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases went past 17,000 on Friday, pushing India’s tally to 490,401, while the death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

Updated at 8am, the data showed the daily COVID-19 cases increased by the highest-ever 17,296 cases.

India registered over 14,000 cases for the seventh day in a row and witnessed a surge of 299,866 infections from June 1 till 26.

The number of active cases stands at 189,463 while 285,636 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

“Thus, around 58.24 per cent patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.