To discuss the challenges related to the coronavirus, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a meeting with his counterparts from the US, Australia, Israel, Brazil, and South Korea.
In the last 24 hours, India reported 61,537 coronavirus cases, taking the total tally to 20,88,612, including 6,19,088 active cases and 14,27,006 recoveries, according to the data by Union Health Ministry. The death toll reached 42,518 after the country reported 933 deaths on Friday.
It marks the 10th consecutive day the country has reported over 50,000 cases of the infectious virus.
A cumulative total of 2,33,87,171 samples have been tested so far, with 5,98,778 samples being tested on Friday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
To discuss the challenges related to the coronavirus, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a meeting with his counterparts from the US, Australia, Israel, Brazil, and South Korea. The foreign minister also tweeted that he had a āuseful meetingā with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
19.3 million cases of coronavirus have been recorded across the world, whereas 7.19 lakh have succumbed to the highly infectious disease.
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