NEW DELHI: For the 11th consecutive day, the number of recoveries — 2,13,830 — remained higher than the active ones — 168,269.
More than half of the patients who contracted the disease have recovered so far. However, India on Saturday witnessed its worst-ever spike of COVID-19 cases as it registered 14,516 positive cases, the highest ever, in the last 24 hours. With this the total corona tally in India reached 3,95,048. There is a steady rise in cases for the last nine days, when India crossed over 10,000 cases each day. With 375 deaths in the last 24 hours, a total of 12,948 people have succumbed to the deadly disease since the first case was reported on January 30, said data of the Health Ministry. (IANS)
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