Farmer Bamandla Ravinder, who tours on his bike in the villages of Telangana state to spread awareness about the COVID-19 coronavirus, rides as people stand watching him in the slums in Hyderabad on May 21, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP) (Photo by NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)
More than 6,000 people in India have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Friday.
The 6,088 new patients bring the national tally to 118,447 cases. This is India’s biggest one-day jump in cases so far.
The death toll stands at 3,583.
Of the total cases, more than 48,500 patients have recovered, according to the ministry.
More than 2.7 million tests have been conducted nationwide, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.
