New Delhi: With 50,356 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus cases touched 84,62,080 today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the Coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,25,562 with 577 new fatalities.
A total of 78,19,886 people have recuperated from Covid-19 so far pushing the national recovery rate to 92.41 per cent, while the case fatality rate has further declined to 1.48 per cent.
The number of active cases of Covid-19 remained below 6 lakh for the ninth consecutive day.
There are 5,16,632 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 6.11 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September.
It went past 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October and crossed 80 lakh on 29 October.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 11,65,42,304 samples have been tested up to 6 November with 11,13,209 samples being tested on Friday.
The 577 new fatalities include 161 from Maharashtra, 64 from Delhi, 55 from West Bengal, 52 from Chhattisgarh, 35 from Karnataka, and 27 each from Tamilnadu and Kerala.
Total 1,25,562 deaths reported so far in the country include 44,965 from Maharashtra, 11,347 from Karnataka, 11,299 from Tamilnadu, 7,177 from West Bengal, 7,155 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,833 from Delhi, 6,768 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,295 from Punjab, and 3,748 from Gujarat.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.