India records 77,266 new COVID-19 cases in single day

A field ward for coronaviruss patients in India. Sion Hospital in Mumbai said to be congested

A field ward for coronaviruss patients in India. Sion Hospital in Mumbai said to be congested

Testing for COVID-19 in India

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, according to the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry.

The South-Asian country recorded as many as 77,266 new COVID-19 cases and 1,057 deaths in the past 24 hours.

India is still the third highest-hit country with over 742,023 active cases, 2,583,948 have been successfully cured and discharged from various hospitals.

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Till Thursday, a total of 39,477,848 samples had been tested, with 901,338 samples tested on Thursday alone.

Over the past several weeks, the country’s Federal Government has focused on ramping up samples testing.

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