News > India’s Covid death toll crosses 1 lakh, tally goes up to 64.7 lakh

India’s Covid death toll crosses 1 lakh, tally goes up to 64.7 lakh

Scroll | 03/10/2020 10:42 AM | Click to read full article

More than one lakh people have died of COVID-19 in India - the world's second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic after the US - as it recorded 1,069 deaths and total caseload crossed 64.7 lakh with 79,476 new cases.

India's overall Covid-related deaths stand at 1,00,842 with a fatality rate of 1.5 percent. It is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil.

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