Hyderabad: India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 69,79,423, while 59,88,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday.
The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.54 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), cumulative 8,57,98,698 samples have been tested up to October 9. As many as 11,64,018 samples were tested on Friday.
