India’s Covid-19 caseload tally nearing 75 lakh mark

Number of recovered crossed 65 lakh pushing recovering rate to 87.78%

India’s Covid-19 caseload went past 74 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease crossed 65 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 87.78 per cent. According to the Union health ministry, the Coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,13,832 with the virus claiming 530 lives in a day, while the infection tally mounted to 74,91,296 with 62,384 cases new cases being reported.

Union health ministry pointed out that the active cases of coronavirus infection dropped below eight lakh for the first time in one-and-half months. India stood second behind the US in terms of active cases of Covid-19 as well as total caseload, according to Worldometer.

It is in the number one position in terms of the number of recovered cases while it is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil. For nine days in a row, the active cases remained below nine lakh.

There are 7,95,087 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 10.70 per cent of the total caseload, while the recoveries have surged to 65,24,595, according to the data.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate due to Covid-19 was recorded at 1.52 per cent. India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20lakh 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 October 11.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 9,32,54,017 samples have been tested up to October 16 with 9,99,090 samples being tested on Friday. lakh on