With 24,010 fresh cases of covid-19, India's tally rises to 99,56,557

With 24,010 fresh infections of covid-19, India's overall tally on Thursday reached 99,56,557. In the last 24-hour, the country saw 355 more virus related death, taking total fatality toll to 1,44451, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

More than 94,89,740 recoveries have been reported in the country since the onset of the pandemic.

The active cases reported in the country are 3,22,366. Meanwhile, 33, 291 more people recovered from the virus on Wednesday, the ministry said in its update.

As of now, the recovery rate stands at 95.21 per cent while the fatality rate dipped down to 1.45.

A total of 15,78,05,240 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till now. Of these, 11,58,960 samples were tested on Wednesday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Here're some more updates:

*Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state with 18,80,893 cases since the inception of the pandemic.

* Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh continue to report high surge in daily covid-19 cases.

*An Alaskan health worker had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine, but is now stable, public health authorities said on Wednesday.

*India has kick started preparation for vaccination drive in the national capital. More than 3,500 healthworkers are currently being trained for the vaccination process. Out of these 1,800 healthcare workers will be deployed at 609 coldchain points across the city.

*According to a reuters report, more than 2,500 people are dying daily in the US due to the pandemic.

*Twitter has said that it will begin removing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccinations from its site. False claims such as virus is not real, masks doesn't help in protection against the virus and effect of vaccine is a hoax will be removed from the social media platform.

*Germany to roll out its vaccination drive from December 27, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the overall number of global covid-19 cases has surpassed  74 million mark and the deaths toll mounted to 1.64 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University's latest update.