Image Source: The Financial Express

Agencies:

COVID-19: India records 13,083 fresh cases, 137 more fatalities; recovery rate 96.98 %

New Delhi
January 30, 2021

With 13,083 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,07,33,131 while 1,04,09,160 patients have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.98 %, the health ministry said on Saturday. The viral disease has claimed 137 more lives in the country in a span of 24 hours and the death toll now stands at 1,54,147, it added.

There are 1,69,824 active Coronavirus cases in the country currently, which account for only 1.58 % of the total number of cases, the ministry's updated data showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.44 %, it stated. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 19,58,37,408 samples have so far been tested for the viral disease across the country, including 7,56,329 on Friday.