Coronavirus cases on the rise after three weeks; India reports 45,903 fresh cases
India's total cases surged to 85,53,657 on Monday with nearly 46,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours The death toll from the virus has reached 1,26,611 deaths. Globally, over 50 million have now been hit by the coronavirus.
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FollowIndia's Covid-19 caseload rose to 85,53,657 with 45,903 new infections being reported, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 79 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56%according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
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The death toll from the disease climbed to 1,26,611 with 490 new fatalities being registered, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The 490 new fatalities include 125 from Maharashtra, 77 from Delhi, 59 from West Bengal, 26 from Uttar Pradesh, 24 from Kerala, 22 from Karnataka and 20 from Tamil Nadu.
A total of 1,26,611 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 45,240 from Maharashtra, followed by 11,391 from Karnataka, 11,344 from Tamil Nadu, 7,294 from West Bengal, 7,206 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,989 from Delhi, 6,791 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,318 from Punjab and 3,760 from Gujarat.
The Union health ministry stressed that more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
The total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 79,17,373, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56% while the case fatality rate stands at 1.48%.
The number of active cases of Covid-19 remained below 6 lakh for the 11th consecutive day. There are 5,09,673 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.96 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.
It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 11,85,72,192 samples have been tested up to November 8 with 8,35,401 tests being conducted on Sunday.
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