With 25,153 new COVID-19 infections, India crossed 1-crore mark ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 23:38 IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): With 25,153 new infections in the last 24 hours, India s COVID-19 case tally crossed the 1-crore mark, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the total numbers of recovered and active cases in the country are 95,50,712 and 3,08,751 respectively. Meanwhile, the country s death toll stands at 1,45,136.
Kerala reported the maximum number of new cases in the country today with 6,293 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases in the state stands at 60,396, while 6,36,814 patients have recovered from the viral infection so far. The death toll in the state reached 2,786.
India managed to duck rise in Covid cases during festival season, says Harsh Vardhan
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× India was able to avoid a surge in Covid-19 cases during the festival season by putting in place a comprehensive testing, tracking and treatment strategy, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. Addressing the 22nd meeting of the Group of Ministers constituted for putting together an action plan to fight the pandemic in February, he briefed about the plans to expeditiously vaccinate 30 crore Indians in all target populations. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Puri and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai were among those present. “When we met last in mid-October, the number of active cases in India was around 10 lakh and now it has dropped to around 3 lakh,” the Health Minister said. He said India’s Covid-19 pandemic growth has dropped to 2 per cent and case fatality rate is amongst the lowest in the world
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India s COVID-19 count crosses 1-crore mark ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 10:06 IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): With 25,153 new infections in the last 24 hours, India s COVID-19 case tally crossed the 1-crore mark, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the total numbers of recovered and active cases in the country are 95,50,712 and 3,08,751 respectively. Meanwhile, the country s death toll stands at 1,45,136.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday stated that 16,00,90,514 samples have been tested up to December 18. As many as 11,71,868 samples were tested on Friday.
The health ministry said that India s COVID recoveries have witnessed a steep exponential rise - from 50,000 in May to over 95 lakh in December. The recoveries are more than 30 times the active cases (currently only 3.14 per cent of total cases).
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