COVID-19:India records 20,035 new cases
New Delhi, January 1 dmanewsdesk: The daily new coronavirus infections in India remained below 30,000 for the 19th consecutive day taking the COVID-19 caseload to?1,02,86,709, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.83 lakh,?according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday
A total?of 20,035?new infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to?1,48,994?with 256 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed??
The?number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,83,461 pushing the national recovery rate to?96.08 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 11th?consecutive day
There are 2,54,254 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises?2.47 per cent 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, 40 lakh on September 5 and?50 lakh on?September 16.It went past??60 lakh on September 28,? 70 lakh on?October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29,? 90 lakh on?November 20 and?surpassed the?one-crore mark on December 19
According to the ICMR,?17,31,11,694 ?samples have been tested up to?December 31 with??10,62,420 samples being tested on Thursday.
The 256 new fatalities include 58?from?Maharashtra,?30 from Kerala, 29?from West Bengal and?21 from Chhattisgarh
A total of 1,48,994 deaths?have been reported so far in the country including 49,521?from Maharashtra followed by?12,122 from Tamil Nadu, 12,090?from?Karnataka,?10,536?from?Delhi,?9,712 from West Bengal,? 8,364?from Uttar Pradesh, 7,108from?Andhra Pradesh and?5,341?from?Punjab.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of? Medical Research,” the ministry said on its?website, adding that state-wise?distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
Source: PTI
