India COVID-19 tally count rises to 1.68 lakh

The confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have reached 1.68 lakh on Friday with a record number of nearly 7,500 people testing positive for the dreaded virus infection across states and union territories. The coronavirus death toll has crossed 4,700 while the recovery has risen sharply to surpass 81,000.

On the positive side, several states and union territories also



announced a large number of COVID-19 patients getting cured and discharged, taking the cumulative number of nationwide recoveries so far to more than 81,700 -- showing an increase of more than 11,000 since Thursday night.

The number of active cases declined by more than 5,000 to nearly 82,000 -- still the fifth highest globally after the US, Russia, Brazil and France.