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India joins US, Brazil with more than 1 lakh corona deaths
India joins US, Brazil with more than 1 lakh corona deaths
India's COVID-19 related deaths crossed the 1 lakh mark on Friday and the infection tally climbed to 64,73,544
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 related deaths crossed the 1 lakh mark on Friday and the infection tally climbed to 64,73,544.
Only the United States and Brazil have had more deaths. More than 2.12 lakh people have died in the US and about 1.45 lakh in Brazil.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 54 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.84 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 64,73,544 with 79,476 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,00,842 with the virus claiming 1,069 lives in a span of 24 hours, data updated at 8 am showed.
The total recoveries have surged to 54,27,706, while there are 9,44,996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 14.60 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.56 per cent.
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 and crossed 60 lakh on September 28.
