India reported 12,889 new coronavirus cases and 107 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.  The death toll increased to 154,703 with the total number of cases reaching 10,790,173 number of cases in the country.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 10,480,455 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.08%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.43%.  India currently has 155,025 active COVID-19 cases.

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India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on  November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

According to the ICMR, a total of 19,92,16,019 samples were tested for COVID-19 till February 3. Of these, 7,42,841 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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A total of  1,54,596 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 51,139 from Maharashtra followed by 12,367 from Tamil Nadu, 12,223 from Karnataka, 10,858 from Delhi, 10,188 from West Bengal, 8,668 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,156 from Andhra Pradesh.

According to the health ministry, more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of  Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.