India reports 6,000 New COVID-19 Cases….

16 Deaths In 24 Hours!


The cases of vicious virus are still counting, the count has touched 6,000 new cases in the last 24 hours which also took the death rate to 16. 

 

On Monday, India reported 5,910 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of Covid cases to 4,44,62,445.

 

The active cases declined to 53,974, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

 

The death count climbed to 5,28,007 with 16 fatalities in the last 24 hours, including seven deaths reconciled by Kerala, according to the health ministry data.

 

The active cases comprise 0.12 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.69 per cent, the health ministry said.

 

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. 

 

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.

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