The country's COVID-19 tally has risen to 89,58,484 including 83,83,602 recoveries and only 4,43,303 active cases. This is the twelfth consecutive day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. Maharashtra has 81,207 active coronavirus cases, the highest in the country, followed by Kerala with 69,516 and Delhi with 42,458. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 12,85,08,389 samples tested for COVID-19 up to November 18, of these, 10,28,203 samples were tested yesterday. The active caseload comprises merely 5.01 per cent of all COVID-19 cases and the recovery rate improved to 93.52 per cent, it had said.

Source: dna November 19, 2020 04:52 UTC