India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 2.36 lakh; 48 new cases in Tripura

India’s total number of Covid-19 cases went past Italy’s count with total cases surging to 2,36,657.

India is now the sixth spot in the list of nations with the highest caseloads of the virus. 

India added 9,887 new cases of novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 2,36,657, according to health ministry’s 8 a.m. update.

This includes 1,14,072 patients who’ve recovered and 6,642 deaths.

Over the last 24 hours, India saw 4,611 recoveries while 294 people died from the highly infectious respiratory disease.

Tripura reported 48 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive cases on Firday.

48 people found COVID-19 POSITIVE in Tripura out of 1026 samples tested.

All of them have travel history.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in his tweet said “48 people found COVID-19 POSITIVE in Tripura out of 1026 samples tested. All of them have travel history. Stay safe, follow the Gov’t norms”.