New Delhi: With 66,732 fesh cases, India’s Coronavirus caseload crossed 71-lakh today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the total Covid-19 cases now stands at 71,20,538. The death toll climbed to 1,09,150 with the virus claiming 816 lives in a day.
The number of people who have recuperated crossed 61 lakh, pushing the recovery rate to 86.36 per cent, the data said.
For the fourth day in a row, the number of active Covid-19 cases remained below 9 lakh
There are 8,61,853 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which account for 12.10 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed
The case fatality rate due to the Coronavirus infection has dropped to 1.53 per cent
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went past 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September and crossed 70 lakh on 11 October.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 8,78,72,093 samples had been tested up to 11 October. Of these, 9,94,851 samples were tested on Sunday.
The 816 fatalities include 309 from Maharashtra, 75 from Karnataka, 65 from
Tamilnadu, 59 from West Bengal, 41 from Uttar Pradesh, 35 from Punjab, 30 from Andhra Pradesh and 29 from Delhi.
Of the total 1,09,150 deaths reported so far in the country, 40,349 are from Maharashtra, 10,252 from Tamilnadu, 9,966 from Karnataka, 6,394 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,224 from Andhra Pradesh, 5,769 from Delhi, 5,622 from West Bengal,3,833 from Punjab and 3,566 from Gujarat.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.