On Thursday, India reported 1,043 deaths taking toll to 67,376. Meanwhile, the health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
In biggest one-day jump, India reported 83,883 new positive cases and 1,043 deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday, as per the data shared by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
With this rise of over 80,000 cases, coronavirus tally in the country now stands at 38,53,407 including 8,15,538 active cases, 29,70,493 cured/discharged/migrated and 67,376 death.
India is the world’s third most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic after the United States and Brazil.
However, it is to be noted that India’s case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 1.76 per cent, one of the lowest across the world.
