New Delhi (NVI): India has registered 19,556 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 10,075,116, Union Health Ministry confirmed.
This the first time since July 2 when the daily coronavirus cases have fallen below 20,000 in India.
The country’s death toll due to the virus rose to 1,46,111, with 301 patients succumbing to the infection since yesterday.
Currently, 96,36,487 patients have been cured an recovered all over the country, while the active cases remained below 3 lakh mark and stands at 2,92,518. With this, the national recovery rate improved to 95.65 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
In worst-hit Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases increased to 18,99,352 followed by Karnataka with 9,10,241 cases, and Andhra Pradesh with 8,78,937 cases.
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of fatalities at 48,801 followed by 12,061 in Karnataka and 11,995 in Tamil Nadu.
The other worst affected states are Tamil Nadu (8,07,962), Kerala (7,09,292), Delhi (6,17,808) and Uttar Pradesh (5,75,621).
Meanwhile, the death toll in the national capital rose to 10,304, while 5,98,249 patients in Delhi have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, more than 16.31 crore samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 21. Out of these, 10,72,228 samples were tested yesterday.
Furthermore, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray yesterday announced a seven-hour night curfew in all municipal corporation areas of the state. The curfew, from 11 pm to 6 am, will come into force from December 22 and be effective till January 6.
-RJV
