2036 Olympics and Paralympics: India formally submits Letter of Intent to IOC
There has been no official confirmation yet but according to reliable sources, the letter was submitted on October 1 with Ahmedabad as the likely host city.
India recorded 1,260 new Covid-19 cases while 83 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,21,264 in the country.
As per the Ministry’s data, the country witnessed a total of 1,404 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate to 98.76 per cent. The total number of recoveries reached 4,24,92,326.
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The total active cases of Covid-19 in the country have reduced to 13,445, the Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate on Saturday was 0.24 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.23 per cent.
As per the Ministry’s data, a total of 5,28,021 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tests to 79.02 crore.
A total of 184.52 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive, the Ministry said.
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