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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,34,141 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.99 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

The UK returnee in the State was one among six travellers from across the country who tested positive for the new variant.

The death toll increased to 1,47,901 with 279 new fatalities

A total of 251 more deaths and 22,273 new infections were reported in a 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 am showed

It also said that protective level of antibodies generally develop two weeks after receiving the second dose.

The total recoveries surged to 83,35,109 on Wednesday, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.52 per cent.

The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the eighth consecutive day.

There are 4,65,478 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprise 5.26 per cent of the total caseload.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.

With 1,41,001 total active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country.

The total active cases are 6,80,680 after a decrease of 14,829 in the last 24 hours while the total cured cases are 70,16,046 with 67,549 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

"The active cases of coronavirus infection dropped below eight lakh for the first time in one-and-half months."

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease have crossed 60 lakh. India's coronavirus cases jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.54 per cent.

The total recoveries have surged to 59,06,069 pushing the recovery rate to 85.52 percent, while there are 8,93,592 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 8,34,65,975 samples have been tested up to October 7 with 11,94,321 samples being tested on Wednesday.

As per the MoHFW on Sunday, the COVID-19 count is at 65,49,374, including 9,37,625 active cases in the country.