Coronavirus: India’s average death rate has been around 1.5 per cent since the peak in September.
New Delhi:
With a jump of 36,370 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day India reported the lowest number of new coronavirus infections in the country since mid-July, taking its tally to 79.46 lakh, government data shows.
July 18 was the last time India reported less than 36,000 cases with 34,884 cases.
Continuing with its trend of a decline in cases and deaths since India the peak in September, India also reported 488 deaths in 24 hours, taking the total death count to 1,19,502.
India remains the second most affected country by the pandemic as infections see a resurgence in the US – the worst-hit nation with at least 87 lakh cases and 2.25 lakh deaths – and some European countries, including Spain and France.
