With 70,000 new COVID-19 cases, India crosses 69-lakh-mark

With a spike of 70,496 *COVID-19 *cases and 964 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Friday mounted to 69,06,151 cases.

Out of which 8,93,592 are active, 59,06,069 have been cured, while 1,06,490 succumbed to the virus.

While the recovery rate is at 85.52%, the fatality rate is 1.54%, the data from the Ministry of Health...