"coronavirus-deaths"

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,18,51,393, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.29 per cent.

In Saturday, the country registered 3,438 deaths, while 3,650 fatalities were reported the previous day, which marked highest daily count since the outbreak of the pandemic earlier last year, reports Xinhua news agency.

Worldwide, more than 1.3 million people have died of Covid-19 and over 55 million have been reported infected with the virus since it first surfaced in China late last year.

"The excess novel coronavirus deaths would be in addition to the official toll of 216,025 published by the CDC on October 15."