India added 6,168 new coronavirus infections in a day, taking total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,42,507, even as the active cases declined to 59,210, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
Till date 5,27,932 people have died to the infection, including 21 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, which took into account two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.13 per cent of the total infections, with 98.68 per cent of the once infected people able to fight off the infection, the health ministry said.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus cases in India:
Of the new cases, 678 were from the Mumbai administrative circle, followed by the Pune (381), Nagpur (56), Kolhapur (49), Nashik (35), Akola (16), Aurangabad (12) and the Latur circle (9).
Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,02,377; fresh cases 1,258; death toll 1,48,257; recoveries 79,44,923; active cases 9,197; total tests 8,41,62,354
The toll remained unchanged at 8,904, while the count of recoveries reached 4,72,400 after 50 patients recovered during the day, he said.
The district is now left with 234 active cases, the official said.
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Till date 5,27,932 people have died to the infection, including 21 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, which took into account two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
India added 6,168 new coronavirus infections in a day, taking total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,42,507, even as the active cases declined to 59,210, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
Till date 5,27,932 people have died to the infection, including 21 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, which took into account two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.13 per cent of the total infections, with 98.68 per cent of the once infected people able to fight off the infection, the health ministry said.

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