PremiumIndia on Monday recorded 11,649 new Covid-19 cases and 90 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the fresh figures released by the Union Health Ministry.
With this, the total tally of positive coronavirus cases in the country touched 1,09,16,589 and the Covid death toll stood at 1,55,732. The coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 1.43%.
On Monday, a total of 9,489 people, who had tested positive for coronavirus, have been discharged from hospitals across India after recovering from the deadly virus.
With this, a total of 1,06,21,220 people have been discharged/recovered from the infection in the country, which translates to a national Covid-19 recovery rate of 97.29%, the data from the Union Health Ministry showed.
The active number of coronavirus cases stands at 1,39,637 in the country, which comprises 1.28% of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's coronavirus caseload 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.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 20,67,16,634 samples have been tested up to 14 February with 4,86,122 samples being tested on Sunday.
So far, a total of 82,85,295 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country.
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