NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,871,881 today, as 18,833 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 278 more deaths were recorded since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 449,538. A total of 151 deaths were reported from the southern state of Kerala, the most affected state in India.
Currently there are 246,687 active cases in the country with a decrease of 6,215 during the period.
“The active cases account for less than one percent of total cases, currently at 0.73 percent, which is the lowest since Mar, 2020,” the health ministry said in a statement.
A total of 33,175,656 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, with 24,770 new recoveries.– NNN-PTI
