India reported a single-day rise of more than 17,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday after a gap of over four months (124 days), recording a 30 percent jump in daily cases, according to the Union Health Ministry.
A total of 17,336 coronavirus cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the total infection tally to 4,33,62,294, while the death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,24,954 with 13 new fatalities being reported, data updated by the ministry at 8 am showed.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.32 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.07 percent, according to the ministry. The count of active cases has increased to 88,284, comprising 0.20 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.59 percent, it said. An increase of 4,294 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
