New Delhi: With 30,006 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 98-lakh mark today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country’s total Covid-19 caseload now stands at 98,26,775, The death toll has climbed to 1,42,628 with the virus claiming 442 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data said.
As many as 93,24,328 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 94.88 per cent. on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry data
There are 3,59,819 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 3.66 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 15,26,97,399 samples have been tested up to 11 December with 10,65,176 samples being tested on Friday
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 and 90 lakh on 20 November.
The 442 new fatalities include 87 from Maharashtra,60 from Delhi, 50 from West Bengal, 29 each from Kerala and Punjab, 23 from Haryana, 16 from Karnataka and 14 each from Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
A total of 1,42,628 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 48,059 from Maharashtra followed by 11,928 from Karnataka, 11,870 from Tamilnadu, 9,934 from Delhi, 8,966 from West Bengal, 8,025 from Uttar Pradesh, 7,049 from Andhra Pradesh, 5,036 from Punjab and 4,148 from Gujarat.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.