Meanwhile, 1,185 people died from COVID-19 since Thursday morning, bringing the death toll to 174,308.
There are still a total of 1,569,743 active cases in the country, with an increase of 97,866 in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 figures continue to peak in the country in the past few days, as the federal government has ruled out imposing a complete lockdown to contain the worsening situation.
While some school examinations were cancelled, others have been postponed in the wake of the grave situation.
The Election Commission of India is scheduled to hold a key meeting on Friday to assess the ongoing Assembly elections in the eastern state of West Bengal where four phases of voting are pending.
As a precautionary measure, the national capital Delhi was placed under a weekend curfew beginning Friday night till Monday morning.
