With 30,005 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the total cases in India has crossed the 98-lakh mark and has now reached 98,26,775, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MoHFW) data on Saturday.
The cumulative toll mounted to 1,42,628, after 442 new deaths related to the virus reported in the single day.
📍#COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 12 December 2020, 08:00 AM)➡️Confirmed cases: 98,26,775
➡️Recovered: 93,24,328 (94.89%)👍
➡️Active cases: 3,59,819 (3.66%)
➡️Deaths: 1,42,628 (1.45%)#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/4qIHoVZDmx— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) December 12, 2020
However, the country reported more discharges than new cases in the last 24 hours bringing down the active cases tally to 3,59,819, which is the lowest after nearly 145 days. The total active cases were 3,58,692 on July 18.
The total discharged cases now has reached to 93,24,328 with 33,494 new discharges in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra has 74,408 active coronavirus cases, followed by Kerala with 59,528 cases.
On Friday, the Union Health Ministry informed that the recovery rate has improved to 94.84 per cent.
📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on December 12, 2020)
▶️94.89% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (93,24,328)
▶️3.66% Active cases (3,59,819)
▶️1.45% Deaths (1,42,628)Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/HVWyfcWhhW
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) December 12, 2020
Meanwhile, US gave the final go-ahead to the nation’s first Covid-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of what promises to be a strongly protective vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech.
