Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: India now sixth worst-hit nation by COVID-19, surpasses Italy

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker, India Lockdown News Live Updates: Delhi Chief Minister today said that a couple of private hospitals are demanding lakhs of rupees from patients for admission and warned of strong action against such "black-marketing of beds".

India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657. India's death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 6,642 with a record increase of 294 deaths in the 24 hours till Saturday 8 AM. India is now the sixth worst-affected nation in terms of coronavirus infection cases after the US, Brazil, Russia, Spain and the UK, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 1,15,942, while 1,14,072 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the Union Health Ministry said.