Covid-19: India records 3.66 lakh new cases, 3,700 deaths in 24 hours

 

 Covid-19: India records 3.66 lakh new cases, 3,700 deaths in 24 hours

                      India's daily rise in coronavirus cases retreated from the 400,000 mark on Monday, while its daily rise in deaths also fell after two straight days of more than 4,000 fatalities.

The health ministry reported 366,161 new Covid-19 infections and 3,754 more deaths. India's total caseload now stands at 22.66 million, with 246,116 deaths.

 

Over the last week (May 3 to May 9) India reported more than 27,000 deaths and over 27.4 lakh new cases, its highest weekly Covid numbers to date.

However, the growth of cases in this period, at 5 per cent, was also the lowest during the second wave, indicating that perhaps the second wave had reached, or was nearing its peak.

Deaths grew at a faster pace of nearly 15 per cent, with the daily case fatality rate crossing 1 per cent for the first time in the second wave in the last three days.

 

The weekly toll had crossed 25,000 for the first time as the country recorded 27,243 deaths during May 3-9, up from 23,781 reported in the previous week.