India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days

New Delhi: India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,15,55,284.

Registering an increase for the tenth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,88,394, which now comprises 2.49 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.12 per cent.

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India registered over one lakh cases in just three days. On Friday, 39,726 new cases were registered while 35,871 fresh cases were registered on Thursday.

The daily rise in infections (40,953) was the highest recorded in 111 days, while the death toll increased to 1,59,558 with 188 new fatalities.

On November 29, 41,810 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours.

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The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,11,07,332, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.38 per cent, as per the data.

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 60-lakh mark 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.

The 188 new fatalities include 70 deaths from Maharashtra, 38 from Punjab and 17 from Kerala.