(PTI)
With 16,311 new coronavirus cases being report in a span of 24 hours, the lowest in around six-and-half months, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,04,66,595, while the recoveries have surge to 1,00,92,909, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updates. The death toll reaches 1,51,160 with 161 more fatalities, the lowest in the last seven-and-half-months, the data updates at 8 am show.
The number of people who have recuperate from the disease surge to 1,00,92,909, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.43 per cent, while the case fatality rate is record at 1.44 per cent. The COVID-19 active caseload remains below three lakh. There are 2,22,526 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 2.13 per cent of the total caseload, the data states.
India’s COVID-19 tally have cross the 20 lakh-mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpass the one-crore mark on December 19.
