India sees 18,500 new Covid-19 cases for 2nd consecutive day

India on Friday recorded almost exactly the same number of fresh Covid cases and fatalities as the previous day. While new infections remained around 18,500, deaths from the virus were recorded at 233, two more than the toll on Thursday. India detected 18,485 new cases while the previous day’s count was 18,432. Kerala and Maharashtra continued to record a bulk of the fresh infections as well as fatalities.