India's COVID-19 tally surpasses 2.9 million

India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 2.9 million on Friday as cases in Bangladesh climbed past 290,000, while the Philippines reported 4,786 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total cases in the Southeast Asian country to 182,365.

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,905,823 and the death toll surged to 54,849, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry.

As many as 68,898 new cases and 983 deaths were reported during the past 24 hours.

According to the data, there are still 692,028 active cases across India, while 2,158,946 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.