New Delhi:
With 55,342 fresh coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 tally touched 71.75 lakh, showed data shared by the Health Ministry this morning. This is the first time since August 18 that India has reported around 55,000 cases in a day, and second consecutive day when the total new infections were under 70,000 since the September surge.
The country also reported 706 deaths in this period taking the total Covid-related fatalities to 1,09,856. India has been reporting more than 900 coronavirus related deaths every day since early August.