The number of COVID-19 cases in India is approaching 10 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease increased to more than 85.21 lakh, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.67 %, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Total coronavirus cases rose to 90.95,806 with 45,209 infections reported in one day, while the death toll rose to 13,32,27 with 501 new deaths.
The number of active cases remained below five lakh for the twelfth consecutive day. There are 44.09.62 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country to date, which represents 4.86 percent of the total number of cases, according to the data.
“A total of 13,17,33,134 samples tested for covid-19, as of November 21. Of these, 10,75,326 samples were tested yesterday,” the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Delhi recorded 5,879 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and a positivity rate of 12.90 percent, while 111 more deaths brought the death toll to 8,270, authorities said.
Maharashtra reported 5,760 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the infection count to 17,74,455, a health department official said.
With 62 people succumbing to the infection, the cumulative balance reached 46,573, he said.
Kerala recorded 5,772 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to more than 5.55 lakh as the number of victims crossed the 2000 mark with 25 more deaths. In the past 24 hours, 60,210 were analyzed samples, as the test’s positivity rate touched 9.59 per cent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in West Bengal rose to 7,976 after 53 more people succumbed to the disease on Saturday, the state health department said in a bulletin.
It said 3,639 new cases of infection brought the tally to 4,52,270.
Haryana reported another large increase of 2,666 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the number of cases in the state to 2,15,021, while 25 more deaths brought the death toll from COVID-19 to 2,163.
Of the new cases, the maximum of 939 was reported in the worst-hit Gurgaon district, the second-highest peak in a single day so far, according to the state health department’s daily bulletin.
With 24 recent COVID-19 deaths in Uttar Pradesh, the death toll from the disease rose to 7,524 in the state, while total cases rose to 5,24,223 with 2,326 new infections, authorities said on Saturday.
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