New Delhi: With 16,432 new infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 1,02,24,303 today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country’s Covid-19 death increased to 1,48,153 with 252 new fatalities.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,07,569 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.92 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The Covid-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh for the eighth consecutive day
There are 2,68,581 active Coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 2.63 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, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December.
According to the ICMR, 16,98,01,749 samples have been tested up to 28 December with 9,83,695 samples being tested on Monday.
The 252 new fatalities include 50 from Maharashtra, 27 from West Bengal, 26 from Chhattisgarh and 21 from Delhi.
A total of 1,48,153 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 49,305 from Maharashtra followed by 12,080 from Tamilnadu, 12,070 from Karnataka, 10,474 from Delhi, 9,625 from West Bengal, 8,322 from Uttar Pradesh, 7,098 from Andhra Pradesh and 5,312 from Punjab.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.