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Covid-19: 20,551 new cases in 24 hours in the country, 44 patients died

New Delhi (thestates.news) , New patients with coronavirus are continuously increasing in the country. In the last 24 hours, till 8 am on Friday, 20,551 new corona patients have been found in the country. The number of people who defeated the corona epidemic in this period is 21,595. Whereas 44 people died due to this. According to the union Health Ministry, the total number of people who have been cured of coronavirus in the country has gone up to 04 crore 34 lakh 45 thousand 624. During this, the recovery rate rose to 98.50 percent. At present, the number of active patients in the country is one lakh 35 thousand 364. While the daily infection rate is 5.14 percent. According to ICMR, more than 4 lakh tests were done in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 87 crore 71 lakh tests have been done. (HS):