The number of fresh Covid-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India on Saturday, taking the country's caseload to 1,03,05,788
New Delhi: The number of fresh Covid-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India on Saturday, taking the country's caseload to 1,03,05,788, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease crossed 99 lakh.
A total of 19,079 people tested positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,49,218 in the country with 224 new fatalities.
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The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 99,06,387, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.12 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.
The number of active Covid-19 cases remained below three lakh for the 12th consecutive day.
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There are 2,50,183 active coronavirus cases in the country, which accounts for 2.43 per cent of the total caseload, as per the data.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 70-lakh mark on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19.
