India's daily coronavirus cases continued to stay below the 50,000 mark for the 25th straight day, with 36,604 new infections reported, data from the health ministry showed on Wednesday.
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The country now has 9.5 million total infections, but cases have been dipping since a peak in September, in spite of a busy festival season last month.
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Daily cases rose by less than 40,000 for the third straight day on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally.
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Deaths rose by 501, the health ministry said, with the total now at 138,122.
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The active Covid-19 caseload remained below 5 lakh for the 22nd consecutive day. There are 4,28,644 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.51% of the total caseload, the data stated.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,32,647 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.03%, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.
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According to the ICMR, 14,24,45,949 samples have been tested up to December 1 with 10,96,651 samples being tested on Tuesday.
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