New Delhi, June 06, 20201
India’s daily caseload of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) declined for a third straight day, as 100,636 cases — the lowest in 61 days — were detected in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) data, updated on Monday morning, showed. With this, the nationwide infection tally has risen to 28,909,975, as per the updated data.
Also, in the same period 2427 lives were lost due to Covid-19, taking the related death toll to 349,186 and the death rate to 1.21%. Recoveries mounted to 27,159,180, an addition of 174,399 discharges with the recovery rate further improving to 93.94%. Active cases declined to 1,401,609, registering a fall of 76,190 infections, and comprise 4.85% of the overall caseload.
