New Delhi: India registered 68,898 fresh positive cases of COVID-19 and 983 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of those infected by the virus to 2,905,823 on Friday.
As per the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country has now 6,92,028 active cases of coronavirus. Meanwhile, 21,58,947 persons have recovered from the virus. The COVID-19 death toll in the country stands at 54,849.
The five worst-affected States are Maharashtra (628,642), Tamil Nadu (361,435), Andhra Pradesh (325,396), Karnataka (256,975), and Uttar Pradesh (172,334).
Globally, 22,847,829 persons have been infected by the virus. While more than 15,500,291 have recovered, 796,293 have died so far.
The US has 5,745,520 cases. It is followed by Brazil, which has 3,505,097.