Coronavirus: Over 35,000 new cases push India’s COVID-19 tally to 95 lakh
India's Covid-19 caseload rises to 95,34,965, with 35,551 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. While the death toll mounted to 1,38,648 with 526 new deaths.
India's Covid-19 caseload went past 95 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89.73 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11%, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 95,34,964 with 35,551 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,38,648 with 526 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,73,373 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11%, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.
The active Covid-19 caseload continued to remain below 5 lakh. There are 4,22,943 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.44% 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, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, and surpassed 90 lakh on November 20.
According to the ICMR, 14,35,57,647 samples have been tested up to December 1 with 11,11,698 samples being tested on Tuesday.