COVID-19: India records 14,849 fresh cases, 155 more fatalities
New
Delhi,
Jan
24:
India''s
COVID-19
caseload
has
gone
up
to
1,06,54,533
with
14,849
people
testing
positive
for
the
coronavirus
infection
in
a
day,
while
the
number
of
recoveries
has
surged
to
1,03,16,786,
according
to
the
health
ministry.
The
death
toll
due
to
the
viral
disease
has
climbed
to
1,53,339
with
155
more
fatalities,
the
ministry''s
data
updated
at
8
am
showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,03,16,786, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.83 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
The active COVID-19 caseload of the country remained below two lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
There are 1,84,408 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country currently, which account for 1.73 per cent of its total caseload, the data stated.
Vaccines which are in pipeline will work against the new variants of SARS-CoV-2
India''s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, the 30-lakh mark on August 23, the 40-lakh mark on September 5 and the 50-lakh mark on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 19,17,66,871 samples have so far been tested in the country for the viral disease, including 7,81,752 on Saturday.