February 25

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 42,894,345 on Friday as 13,166 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry's latest data.

Besides, as many as 302 deaths from the pandemic have been reported since Thursday morning, taking the total death toll to 513,226.

There are still 134,235 active COVID-19 cases in the country despite a fall of 14,124 active cases during the past 24 hours. This was the 32nd consecutive day when the number of active cases declined in the country.

A total of 42,246,884 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 26,988 were discharged during the past 24 hours.

xinhua