Covid-19 update: With 45,576 fresh cases, India's tally inches close to 90 lakh

India on Thursday recorded 45,576 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, the latest data from government Covid-19 showed. With the new additions, the country's overall Covid-19 case count since the outbreak stands at 89,58,484, inching close to 9 million mark.

With 584 more people losing their lives to the virus, the overall fatalities now stand at 1,31,578. The total active cases stand at 4,43,303 after a decrease of 3,502 in the last 24 hours while the discharged cases are at 83,83,603 with 48,493 new recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Active cases in the country now account for less than 5% of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases while recoveries rate has reached above 93 per cent. The fatality rate now stands at 1.46%

The Indian Council of Medical Research said that a total of 12,85,08,389 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to 18 November. Of these, 10,28,203 samples were tested yesterday, the ICMR added.

Here're more updates related to the covid-19 pandemic:

*The Uttarakhand state government has decided to postpone the re opening of covid-19 cases until the complete information on covid-19 surge due to festivities is received.

*Telangana added 1,058 more cases on Saturday, taking total tally above 2.6 lakh. With four new fatalities, the death toll has reached 1,419.

*Delhi chief Arvind Kejriwal has called for an all-party meeting today to discuss the covid-19 situation in the national capital.

*US President-elect Joe Biden has said that a delay in transition by Trump denying to concede will put behind the COVID-19 vaccination plan by "weeks or months". 

*South Australia started one of the world’s strictest lockdowns on Thursday with even outdoor exercise and dog-walking banned as the state tries to contain of Covid-19 infections.

*Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency US and European authorization for their Covid-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate on Wednesday.

*Coronavirus deaths in the US has surpassed the 250,000 mark, a new grim milestone amid the resurgence of infection in the worst-hit country in the world.

* Germany registered 17,561 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally to 833,307, the health officials said.

*The number of reported daily global deaths related to covid-19 deaths stood at 10,816 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally. It is the highest single-day death count. 

Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 56 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.34 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

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