India's daily new Covid-19 cases fell below 19,000 for the fifth time this month, taking the country's caseload to 1,04,13,417

New Delhi: India's daily new Covid-19 cases fell below 19,000 for the fifth time this month, taking the country's caseload to 1,04,13,417, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,37,398.

A total of 18,139 new infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,50,570 as 234 more people succumbed to the disease during the same period.

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The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,00,37,398, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.39 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.

The active Covid-19 caseload remained below three lakh for the 18th consecutive day.

Coronavirus

There are 2,25,449 active coronavirus infections in the country, which account for 2.16 per cent of the total caseload, as per the data.

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 70-lakh mark on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19.