India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate dips to 5.89% - watsupptoday.com
India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate dips to 5.89%
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India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate dips to 5.89%

New Delhi
January 4, 2021

Daily new COVID-19 cases in the country remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day taking the virus caseload to 1,03,40,469 while higher testing has led to further decline in the cumulative positivity rate to 5.89 %, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. A total of 16,504 people tested positive for Coronavirus infection in a day. The daily new cases had last touched a low on December 29 last year with 16,432 new coronavirus infections being added to the national tally in a day after 187 days.

The death toll increased to 1,49,649 with 214 new fatalities, the updated data showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,46,867 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.19 %, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 %. The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh for the 14th consecutive day. There are 2,43,953 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 2.36 % of the total caseload, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakhs 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 1 crore mark on December 19.

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