India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,09,50,201 with 12,881 new infections, while the recoveries surged to 1,06,56,845, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death
toll increased to 1,56,014 with 101 fresh fatalities, the data updated at
8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality
rate has dropped to 1.42 per cent, while the number of people who
have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,56,845 which translates
to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.32 per cent.
The
COVID-19 active caseload remained below 1.5 lakh.
There
are 1,37,342 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country
which comprises 1.25 per cent of the total cases, 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, 20,87,03,791 samples have been tested up to February 17
with 7,26,562 samples being tested on Wednesday.
The
101 new fatalities include 40 from Maharashtra, 16 from Kerala and 10 from
Punjab.
A total
of 1,56,014 deaths have been reported so far in the
country including 51,631 from Maharashtra followed by 12,438
from Tamil Nadu, 12,276 from Karnataka, 10,894 from Delhi,
10,237 from West Bengal, 8,707 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,165
from Andhra Pradesh.
The
health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due
to comorbidities.
"Our
figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical
Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that
state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and
reconciliation.
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