India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 98.57 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.57 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 98,57,029 with 30,254 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll rose to 1,43,019 with 391 new fatalities, the Union Ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93,57,464 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent. The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day. There are 3,56,546 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 3.62 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, 15,37,11,833 samples have been tested up to December 12 with 10,14,434 samples being tested on Saturday.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. "Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
Here's state-wise list of active cases and deaths:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 79 (Total cases), 61 (Deaths)
Andhra Pradesh: 5078 (Total cases), 7052 (Deaths)
Arunachal Pradesh: 269 (Total cases), 55 (Deaths)
Assam: 3527 (Total cases), 1000 (Deaths)
Bihar: 5501 (Total cases), 1317 (Deaths)
Chandigarh: 815 (Total cases), 300 (Deaths)
Chhattisgarh: 18,640 (Total cases), 3084 (Deaths)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 17 (Total cases), 2 (Deaths)
Delhi: 17,373 (Total cases), 9981 (Deaths)
Goa: 1111 (Total cases), 705 (Deaths)
Gujarat: 13,481 (Total cases), 4160 (Deaths)
Haryana: 10,318 (Total cases), 2710 (Deaths)
Himachal Pradesh: 7575 (Total cases), 803 (Deaths)
Jammu and Kashmir: 4831 (Total cases), 1793 (Deaths)
Jharkhand: 1610 (Total cases), 995 (Deaths)
Karnataka: 18,273 (Total cases), 11,939 (Deaths)
Kerala: 60,177 (Total cases), 2594 (Deaths)
Ladakh: 763 (Total cases), 123 (Deaths)
Madhya Pradesh: 12,947 (Total cases), 3391 (Deaths)
Maharashtra: 74,638 (Total cases), 48,139 (Deaths)
Manipur: 3057 (Total cases), 322 (Deaths)
Meghalaya: 641 (Total cases), 125 (Deaths)
Mizoram: 192 (Total cases), 7 (Deaths)
Nagaland: 610 (Total cases), 68 (Deaths)
Odisha: 2879 (Total cases), 1802 (Deaths)
Puducherry: 346 (Total cases), 619 (Deaths)
Punjab: 7091 (Total cases), 5057 (Deaths)
Rajasthan: 16,821 (Total cases), 2528 (Deaths)
Sikkim: 364 (Total cases), 118 (Deaths)
Tamil Nadu: 10,208 (Total cases), 11,883 (Deaths)
Telangana: 7630 (Total cases), 1493 (Deaths)
Tripura: 352 (Total cases), 376 (Deaths)
Uttarakhand: 6207 (Total cases), 1351 (Deaths)
Uttar Pradesh: 20,091 (Total cases), 8056 (Deaths)
West Bengal: 23,034 (Total cases), 9010 (Deaths)
