India adds over 17,000 fresh Covid cases, toll crosses 15,000
New Delhi/IBNS: India added 17,296 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours between Thursday and Friday mornings taking the overall tally to 4,90,401.
With the reporting of 407 deaths in the last one day, the Covid toll now stands at 15,301.
However, India's recovery rate is something which provides a ray of hope to 1.3 billion people of 36 states and union territories.
While 2,85,637 Covid patients have recovered, 1,89,463 people are still suffering from the respiratory disease which is yet to have a vaccine or a cure.
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways on Thursday informed that it would cancel all tickets booked for regular trains between Jul 1 and Aug 12 amid a spike in the number of Coronavirus cases in the country.
The Railways said that only special trains announced in the month of May and June will run.
Earlier in the month, the Railways had increased the number of passenger trains from 15 pairs or 30 journeys to over 200 per day.
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