Coronavirus-related deaths in India surpassed the 1 lakh mark on Saturday with 1,069 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, the union health ministry reported. The number of people who have recovered from the disease exceeded 54 lakh, bringing the recovery rate to 83.84 percent, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Total coronavirus cases amounted to 64,73,544 with 79,476 new infections reported in one day, while the number of deaths rose to 1,00,842 and the virus claimed 1,069 lives in a span of 24 hours, data updated to showed. 8 am.
Total recoveries rose to 54,27,706, while there are 9,44,996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, representing 14.60 percent of total cases, the data showed.
The fatality rate for COVID-19 was recorded at 1.56%.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5. It went from 50 lakh on September 16 and crossed 60 lakh on September 28.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as of October 2 a cumulative total of 7,78,50,403 samples have been analyzed, of which 11,32,675 were analyzed on Friday.
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