The total number of coronavirus cases India has surged to 873. More than 130 patients were diagnosed positive with COVID-19 infection on Friday.
This was the highest number of COVID-19 cases the country has recorded so far in a single day. Out of the total patients, 826 are Indians while 47 are foreign nationals.
Till now, as many as 79 people have been cured or discharged. The death toll in India has surged to 19. Deaths have been reported from the various parts of the country.
Five deaths were reported from Maharashtra, three from Gujarat, two each from Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka and one from Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.