3,011 New Covid-19 Cases In India In 24 Hours

The death count climbed to 5,28,701!

New Delhi: On Monday, 03 October 2022, India registered 3,011 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,97,498, while the active cases dipped to 36,126, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.

The death count reached 5,28,701 with 28 fatalities which includes 20 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the Health ministry said.

A decline of 1,318 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It touched the four-crore mark in the year 2022 on January 25.

Delhi reports 76 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in the past 24 hours. Active cases stood at 374.

On Sunday, Gujarat reported 85 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally to 12,74,927 and fatalities to 11,035, a health department official said.