Coronavirus death toll in India surpass 1 lakh mark; 79,476 new COVID-19 infections reported

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 03, 2020: Coronavirus cases in India crossed 64 lakh mark with more than 79,000 cases reported in the span of the last 24 hours. In a grim milestone, India’s death toll due to coronavirus crossed the 1-lakh mark with 1,069 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

 

According to the Ministry of Health, the coronavirus tally in India now stands at 64,73,545 with 79,476 new cases. Out of the total tally 9,44,996 are active cases and 54,27,707 are cured/discharged/migrated cases.

The death toll in India stands at 1,00,842 and the fatality rate stands at 1.56 percent.

As per ICMR, 7,78,50,403 samples of COVID-19 have been tested in India till October 2 out of which 11,32,675 samples were tested on Friday (October 2).

India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of caseload after the United States and is at the third place in terms of COVID-19 deaths. However, India is in the first position in terms of the number of recovered coronavirus cases followed by Brazil and the US, as per the Johns Hopkins University data.


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