New Delhi: With 72,049 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 67-lakh mark today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country’s total Covid-19 caseload now stands at 67,57,131.
The death toll has climbed to 1,04,555 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 986 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data showed.
As many as 57,44,693 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 85.02 per cent today. The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.55 per cent.
There are 907883 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 13.44 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 8,22,71,654 samples have been tested up to 6 October with 11,99,857 samples being tested on Tuesday.