New Delhi (NVI): India has registered 44,059 new infections of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 91,39,866, according to the Ministry of Health.
The country’s death toll due to the virus rose to 1,33,738, with 511 patients succumbing to the infection since yesterday.
So far, a total of 85,62,642 patients have been cured or discharged, while the active cases stands at 4,43,486, as per the ministry data.
With this, the national recovery rate remained more than 94 per cent in the country.
In the worst-affected Maharashtra, COVID-19 confirmed cases increased to 17,80,208 which include 46,623 deaths. The active cases in the state stand at 81,512 and 16,51,064 recoveries.
Maharashra is followed by Karnataka (8,73,046), Andhra Pradesh (8,62,213), Tamil Nadu (7,69,995), Kerala (5,62,696) and Uttar Pradesh (5,26,780).
Meanwhile, the national capital has registered 5,29,836 COVID-19 cases, while 8,391 people have died of the virus in Delhi.
Over 13.25 crore samples tested for COVID-19 up to November 22. Of these 8,49,596 samples were tested yesterday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.
Furthermore, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said a locally-developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate could complete its final trials in a month or two, raising hopes for a rapid roll-out in a country with the world’s second-highest number of infections.
-RJV
