At 723, India records lowest Covid fatalities since April 8

India on Monday recorded 723 deaths and added 39,796 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

On Friday, the country crossed four lakh deaths due to Covid. With six lakh deaths, the US is at the top of the list followed by Brazil with 5.2 lakh Covid fatalities.

The first death due to Covid-19 in the country was reported last year in March. On May 23 this year, India witnessed the highest fatalities with 4,454 deaths in 24 hours.

Monday is the 17th consecutive day in the last two months when the death toll has been below the 2,000-mark.

The total caseload rose to 3,05,85,229 after India crossed the three crore-mark on June 25.

India is the second country after the US to record more than three crore cases, adding one crore cases in the last 50 days.

It is also the 27th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. On June 29, India recorded 37,566 cases, lowest since March 18 while on June 22 India reported 42,640 cases.

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