Covid-19: Below 60,000 cases for third consecutive day in India; death toll nears 1.16 lakh
The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the third consecutive day
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the third consecutive day, taking India's Covid-19 caseload to 76,51,107.
A total of 54,044 fresh infections were reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,15,914 with 717 fatalities being registered in a span of 24 hours.
A total of 67,95,103 people have recovered from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 88.81 per cent while the case fatality rate due to Covid-19 has dropped to 1.51 per cent.
The active cases of coronavirus infection remained below 8 lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
There are 7,40,090 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 9.67 per cent of the total caseload, as per the data.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 60-lakh mark on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.