India's COVID-19 caseload rises to 1,04,66,595 with 16,311 fresh infections - watsupptoday.com
India's COVID-19 caseload rises to 1,04,66,595 with 16,311 fresh infections
Posted 11 Jan 2021 11:16 AM

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India's COVID-19 caseload rises to 1,04,66,595 with 16,311 fresh infections

New Delhi
January 11, 2020

With 16,311 new Coronavirus cases being reported in a span of 24 hours, the lowest in around six and half months, India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,04,66,595 while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,92,909 according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Monday.

The death toll reached 1,51,160 with 161 more fatalities, the lowest in the last seven and half months, the updated data showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,00,92,909 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.43 %, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.44 %.

The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakhs. There are 2,22,526 active Coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 2.13 % 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 18,17,55,831 samples have been tested so far with 6,59,209 samples being tested on Sunday.

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