New Delhi, (thestates.news) : The number of coronavirus patients in the country is steadily increasing. In the last 24 hours, till 8 am on Friday, 15,754 new coronavirus patients have been found in the country. The number of people who survived the corona epidemic in this period is 15,220. whereas 39 people died due to this. According to the union Health Ministry, the total number of people who have been cured of the coronavirus in the country has gone up to 4 crores 36 lakh 85 thousand and 535. During this time, the rate of recovery increased to 98.58 percent. At present, the number of active patients in the country is one lakh one thousand eighty-three. In comparison, the daily infection rate is 3.47 percent. More than 4.54 lakh tests were performed in the last 24 hours, according to the ICMR.So far, 88 crore 18 lakh tests have been performed.(H.S.)