India reported a total of 44,489 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the country’s caseload to 92.66 lakh, as the recoveries topped 86.79 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Thursday.

The total coronavirus cases surged to 92,66,705, while the death toll stood at 1,35,223 with 524 new fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.

While the active Covid-19 caseload remained below five lakh for the 16th consecutive day, it has mounted to 4,52,344, an increase of 7,598 cases from Wednesday.

According to the data, the active cases account for 4.88 per cent of the total number of cases.

The total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 86,79,138, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.66 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.46 per cent.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.

It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29 and surpassed 90 lakh on November 20.

According to ICMR, over 13.59 crore samples have been tested for COVID-19 till November 25, with 10,90,238 samples being tested on Wednesday.