NEW DELHI – India reported another 86,052 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a declining trend with recoveries exceeding new cases this week.The latest update from the Health Ministry on Friday raised the nation’s total to more than 5.8 million.
The ministry said 1,141 more people died in the past 24 hours, for a total of 92,290.India is expected to become the pandemic’s worst-hit country within weeks, surpassing the United States, where more than 6.9 million people have been infected.
The ministry said India’s recovery rate has crossed 81.55%. On Thursday, the number of people newly recovered, 87,374, exceeded the number newly infected.