Covid-19: India records 9,102 new cases and 117 fatalities


New Delhi: With 9,102 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 1,06,76,838 today.

According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country’s Covid-19 death toll increased to 1,53,587 with 117 fatalities.

According to the Health Ministry, 1,03,45,985 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national Covid-19 recovery rate to 96.90 per cent. The case fatality rate stood at 1.44 per cent.

There are 1,77,266 active cases of Coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.66 per cent of the total cases reported so far. It was for the seventh consecutive day that the active caseload remaind below 2 lakh.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 19,30,62,694 samples have been tested for Covid-19 detection up to January 25 with 7,25,577 of them being tested on Monday.