India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 72,39,389 with 63,509 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 63 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 87.05 per cent, according to the health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
IMAGE: An infant being screened at Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in New Delhi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,10,586 with the virus claiming 730 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
For six days in a row the active cases of COVID-19 remained below 9 lakh.
IMAGE: A worker sanitises a pandal ahead of Durga puja in Kolkata. Photograph: Satyajit Shaw/ANI Photo
There are 8,26,876 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 11.42 per cent of the total caseload, while the recoveries have surged to 63,01,927, the data stated.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.53 per cent.
IMAGE: Staff members of a cinema hall demonstrate SOPs as mutilplexe prepare to re-open from October 15 in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.
IMAGE: A social distancing mark is seen on a chair in Inox Leisure movie theatre ahead of its reopening in Mumbai. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 9,00,90,122 samples have been tested up to October 13 with 11,45,015 samples being tested on Tuesday.
