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The total number of Covid-19 cases in India currently stands at 83,072, according to the figures appearing on the worldometers website at 1941 hours on Friday. With this, the country has become the 11th most infected nation in the world, ahead of even China, from where the disease spread to different parts of the world.

The World Bank, during the day, approved $1 billion 'Accelerating India's Covid-19 Social Protection Response Program' to support the country's efforts for providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the pandemic. This takes the total commitment from the World Bank towards emergency Covid-19 response in India to $2 billion.

The support comes a day after Finance Minister Sitharaman unveiled the second tranche of stimulus worth Rs 3.16 trillion.

Coronavirus world update: Globally, 4,527,811 people have been infected by coronavirus so far, and the total number of deaths from the disease now stands at 303,418.