Active COVID-19 cases in India remain below 2 lakh for 13th day in a row

A health worker inoculates a Gujarat Police’s Lok Rakshak Dal personnel with a COVID-19 vaccine in Ahmedabad. Pic/AFP

With 11,427 new Coronavirus cases being reported in a day, India's COVID-19 tally has increased to 1,07,57,610, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,34,983, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The national recovery rate surged to 97 per cent. The death toll increased to 1,54,392 with 118 daily new fatalities. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 active cases remained below 2 lakh for the 13th consecutive day. There are 1,68,235 active Coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 1.56 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, 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 and 90 lakh on November 20. Agencies

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1,07,57,610
Total number of cases in the country as of today

1,54,392
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India

1,04,34,983
Patients recovered and discharged in india as of today