India's total cases rise to 88,14,579 with 41,100 new COVID-19 infections

India on Saturday reported 41,100 coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 88,14,579, as per the Union Health Ministry.

The death toll has mounted to 1,29,635 with 447 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.

Total active cases are at 4,79,216 after a decrease of 1,503 in the last 24 hrs. Total recovered cases are 82,05,728 with 42,156 new discharges in the last 24 hrs.

India has reported less than 50,000 new daily cases for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday.

As per the ministry of health, the recovery rate in India is at 93.09 per cent while the fatality rate is at 1.47 per cent. The active cases comprise of 5.44 per cent of the total cases as of Saturday.

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the Indian Council of Medical Research also reported that as many as 8,05,589 samples were tested for coronavirus on November 14, that is, on Saturday. The total samples tested in India so far are 12,48,36,819.

The 447 new fatalities include 105 from Maharashtra, 96 from Delhi, 53 from West Bengal, 27 from Uttar Pradesh and 26 from Kerala. A total of 1,29,635 deaths have so far been reported in the country due to the disease, with Maharashtra accounting for the highest number of 45,914, followed by Karnataka (11,508), Tamil Nadu (11,466), West Bengal (7,610), Delhi (7,519), Uttar Pradesh (7,354), Andhra Pradesh (6,854), Punjab (4,428) and Gujarat (3,797).

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.