A total of 19,079 people tested positive for the infection in a day, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,49,218 in the country, with 224 new fatalities.
The number of fresh COVID-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India on Saturday, taking the country's caseload to 1,03,05,788, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 99 lakh, according to the health ministry.
A total of 19,079 people tested positive for the infection in a day, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,49,218 in the country, with 224 new fatalities.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,06,387, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.12 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.
Meanwhile, the health ministry issued a standard operating procedure (SOP), which stated that all passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be subjected to self-paid COVID-19 tests on arrival.
Moreover, each passenger arriving from the UK would have to bring his or her COVID-19 negative report from a test done 72 hours prior to the journey, the SOP stated.
India had suspended all flights to and from the United Kingdom from December 23 to 31 to check the spread of the mutated, more contagious variant of Coronavirus found there. Later, the suspension was extended till January 7.
1,03,05,788
Total number of cases in the country as of Saturday
1,49,218
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India as of Saturday
99,06,387
Patients Recovered and discharged in india as of Saturday
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