The COVID-19 cases in the country have climbed to 98.26 Lakh with 30,006 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. Whereas, the death toll has climbed to 1.42 Lakh with the virus claiming 442 lives. So far, India has recorded 9,826,775 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 142,628 deaths. A total of 9,324,328 patients have recovered from the infection taking the recovery rate in the country to 94.74 percent. There are 359,819 active cases in the country which accounts for 3.66 of the total caseload. The COVID-19 case fatality rate further declined to 1.45 percent.

Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases so far. However, infections continue to rise rapidly in states like Kerala and West Bengal. 

The country conducted 1,065,176 tests during the previous 24-hour cycle. Globally, more than 7.10 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 15.94 lakh have died so far.