New Delhi: India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 69-lakh mark with 70,496 new infections being reported in a day.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the total Coronavirus cases mounted to 69,06,151. The death toll climbed to 1,06,490 with 964 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours.
The total recoveries have surged to 59,06,069 pushing the recovery rate to 85.52 per cent. There are 8,93,592 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country and also the infection rate fell below 9 lakh after a month comprising 12.94 per cent of the total caseload, the data said.
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 and crossed 60 lakh on 28 September.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 8,46,34,680 samples have been tested up to 8 October with 11,68,705 samples being tested on Thursday.