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NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,706 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,65,799, registering an increase of 175 deaths and a record jump of 7,466 cases since Thursday 8 am, the Union health ministry said.
This is the biggest spike in number of Covid-19 cases in a day in India.
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The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 89,987, while 71,105 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
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“Thus, around 42.89 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said.
The total confirmed cases includes foreigners.
India has now overtaken Turkey as the ninth worst-hit country in terms of total number of cases.
Of the 175 deaths reported since Thursday morning, 85