As many as 22,065 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India’s total COVID-19 cases above 99 lakh, as per health ministry’s December 15 update.
India reported 354 new deaths (below the 500 mark for the 10th day) and 30,695 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release shows. Active cases continue to drop, to 3,39,820 with a fall of 12,766 cases in a day.
Maharashtra reported the most (2,949) new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Kerala (2,707), West Bengal (1,834), Chhattisgarh (1,615) and Delhi (1,376). These top five states account for nearly 48 percent of all the new cases in India. No state/union territory reported more than 3,000 new cases for the first time in the last six months.
Both Delhi and Maharashtra reported the most (60) deaths each, followed by West Bengal (43), Kerala (24) and Punjab (21). These five states account for 59 percent of all the new deaths reported across the country.
About eight states and union territories like Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli/Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura did not report any deaths today.
India’s recovery rate is now at 95.1 percent. Dadra Nagar Haveli/Daman & Diu record the highest (99.4 percent) recovery rate, while Himachal Pradesh reports the lowest (84.4 percent). In terms of cases, Maharashtra recorded 4,610 new recoveries, the most, followed by Kerala (4,481), West Bengal (2,980), Delhi (2,854) and Karnataka (2,164).
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India is now at 99,06,165 with 94,22,636 recoveries and 1,43,709 deaths as per December 15, update. The mortality rate in the country stands at 1.5 percent with Punjab reporting the highest (3.2 percent). Less than 10 lakh (9,93,665) daily tests were reported on December 14 with more than 15.55 crore tests carried out till date.
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