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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 95 lakh on Thursday with 35,551 new cases, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89.73 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 95,34,964 with 35,551 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,38,648 with 526 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on December 03, 2020)
▶️94.11% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (89,73,373)
▶️4.44% Active cases (4,22,943)
▶️1.45% Deaths (1,38,648)Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/fBVhGlbekL
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) December 3, 2020
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,73,373 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The active COVID-19 caseload continued to remain below 5 lakh. There are 4,22,943 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.44 per cent 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, 14,35,57,647 samples have been tested up to December 1 with 11,11,698 samples being tested on Tuesday.
Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 18,32,176 cases till date. It has 88,537 active cases and recorded 47,357 Covid-19 deaths so far.
According to the Ministry, over 70 per cent of the daily new cases were reported from Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh.
(With Agency Inputs)
