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Daily Covid-19 count falls below 20,000; active cases under 3 lakh after 163 days
22-December-2020

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,75,116 on Tuesday, with 19,556 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,36,487 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.65 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,46,111 with 301 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,36,487, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

The COVID-19 active caseload, in a first, remained below the 3 lakh-mark post July 1, 2020.

There are 2,92,518 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 2.90 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.