Coronavirus daily update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 31,000 new cases according to the official update, on December 1, lowest since November 17. Active cases in India slide further below the 4.5 lakh mark, with a fall of over 11,000 cases in a day.
December 01, 2020 / 11:20 IST
As many as 31,118 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India’s total COVID-19 cases above 94 lakh, as per health ministry’s December 1 update. India reported 482 new deaths (below the 500-mark for fifth day) and 41,985 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release show. After seeing a rise, active cases now continue to drop for the fourth day, to 4,35,603 with a fall of 11,349 cases in a day. Four states--Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka now have more than 25,000 active cases.Maharashtra reported the most (3,837) new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Delhi (3,726), Kerala (3,382), Rajasthan (2,677) and West Bengal (2,671). These top five states account for more than half (52 percent) of all the new cases in India. 
Delhi reported the most (108) deaths, followed by Maharashtra (80), West Bengal (48), Haryana (27) and Punjab (27). These five states account for 60 percent of all the new deaths reported across the country.About nine states and union territories like Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Dadra and Nagar Haveli/Daman and Diu, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura did not report any deaths today. While Kerala reported 6,055 new recoveries, the most, followed by Delhi (5,824), Maharashtra (4,196), Rajasthan (2,762) and West Bengal (2,730). 
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