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COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 94.99 lakh

New Delhi
December 2, 2020

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.99 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 89 lakhs pushing the national recovery rate to over 94 %, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The total Coronavirus cases mounted to 94,99,413 with 36,604 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,38,122 with 501 new fatalities, reports said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,32,647 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.03 %, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 %.

The active COVID-19 caseload remained below 5 lakh for the 22nd consecutive day. There are 4,28,644 active Coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.51 % 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 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, and surpassed 90 lakh on November 20.

According to the ICMR 14,24,45,949 samples have been tested up to December 1 with 10,96,651 samples being tested on Tuesday.