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India’s COVID-19 caseload went up to 5646010 on Wednesday with 83,347 fresh infections being reported while over 45 lakh people have recovered from the disease till now.
Fall in active cases was recorded for the 5th consecutive day as there are 9,68,377 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country at present which comprises 17.15% of the total caseload, the data from the union health ministry stated.
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The national recovery rate stands at 81.25%. The death toll climbed to 90,020 with 1,085 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours. The total recoveries surged to 45,87,613 in the country so far. The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has dropped to 1.59%.
Among fresh cases reported Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang’s wife Krishna Rai and some of her family members have tested positive for COVID-19. In a social media post she said,
“We made all possible efforts to keep corona at bay but unfortunately we got infected. I appeal to those who came in contact with us to get themselves tested and my close contacts to go into quarantine.” She said that on doctors advice she along with her family members have quarantine themselves in their residence.
India’s cases per million population at present is higher than the world average — India 4082/million and the world 4078/million. Only 4 Indian states now have more than 50k active cases — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
