New Delhi, January 17: India's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 1,05,57,985 on Sunday with 15,144 fresh infections while recoveries surged to 1,01,96,885, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.58 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 Vaccination Drive in Uttar Padesh: CM Yogi Adityanath Urges People To Wait for Their Turn To Get Vaccinated, Beware of Rumours.

The death toll increased to 1,52,274 with 181 more fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data showed. The data has been updated at 8 am on Sunday. COVID-19 Vaccination Drive: Over 1.6 Lakh Frontline Workers Get First Jabs as India Rolls out World's Largest Inoculation Programme Against COVID-19.

There are 2,08,826 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which constitute 1.98 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed.The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent, it said.

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