India has reported its highest-ever single-day spike in coronavirus cases as a total of 6,654 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. As more coronavirus cases were reported from across the country on Friday, the country’s total number of coronavirus cases has climbed to over 1.25 lakh.
In India, as per the health ministry, 125,101 people have tested positive for coronavirus till Saturday (May 23). A total of 51,784 people have recovered and 3,720 have died of the infection.
On Friday morning, India had recorded a spike of 6,088 coronavirus positive cases, while the death toll due to the virus climbed to 3,583, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The number of coronavirus cases stood at 118,447 in the country at 8 am on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan reported 48 fresh positive cases of coronavirus till 9 am on Saturday morning. The state’s number of deaths has also climbed by two, taking it to 155. The total number of positive cases in Rajasthan has now surged to 6,542, while active cases have hiked to 2,695, the state’s health department said.
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