India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia and the UK.
The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 8,102 in India, while the number of cases climbed to 2,86,579 after the country registered 357 fatalities and a record single-day spike of 9,996 cases till Thursday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
