India Crosses 96-Lakh Mark With 36,652 New COVID Cases

New Delhi , December 5: With a sudden surge of more than 36 thousand cases in the past 24 hours, the cumulative coronavirus cases in the country zoomed past the 96-lakh mark on Saturday.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the overall coronavirus cases in India crossed the 96 lakh cases with 36,652 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, on Saturday.

The overall COVID cases reached 96,08,211, including 4,09,689 active cases and 90,58,822 recoveries. Meanwhile, India reported less than 50,000 cases for the 28th day in a row. With 512 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,39,700.

“India’s active cases have fallen below 4.2 lakhs, while the recovered cases have leapt past 90 lakhs,” the MoHFW said on Saturday. India’s active caseload was 4.35 per cent of the total number of cases as on Friday. The last time the daily new cases crossed the 50,000-threshold was on November 7.

Meanwhile, the total number of tests for the COVID-19 conducted in the country reached 14,58,85,512, of which, 11,57,763 were conducted on Friday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Maharashtra has the maximum number of active cases in the country at 84,938, the Union Health Ministry said. A total of 17,10,050 people have also recovered from the coronavirus infection in the state, while 47,599 have lost their lives to it, it said. In Delhi, the coronavirus situation has started to see considerable improvement.