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The number of Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,547 in the country on Friday while the death toll rose to 62, registering a jump of 478 cases, according to Union health ministry data.
The number of active cases stands at 2,322, while 162 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, the ministry stated.
In an updated data at 6 pm, six fresh deaths were reported. Four were from Telengana and one each from Gujarat and Punjab.
Maharashtra has reported the most number of deaths (16), followed by Gujarat (8), Telangana (7), Madhya Pradesh (6), Punjab (5), Delhi (4), Karnataka
