India reports 26,567 single-day COVID cases, 385 deaths; tally crosses 97 lakh-mark
08-December-2020

India's COVID-19 caseload crossed the 97,000,00-mark on Tuesday, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 91,78,946, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.59 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 97,03,770 with 26,567 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,40,958 with 385 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The active COVID-19 caseload continues to remain below the 5 lakh-mark. There are 3,83,866 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 3.96 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 91,78,946 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.59 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.