India sees less than 3,000 Covid cases for 5th day amid global surge

While several countries in the world are witnessing a fresh Covid wave, India registered less than 3,000 infections for the fifth consecutive day. 

The active caseload stands at 29,181, which is .07 per cent of the overall cases logged so far (over 4.3 crore infections), according to the latest government data. 

In the last 24 hours, 149 new deaths were registered, taking the overall death count to 5,16,281. The death rate stands at 1.20 per cent.