India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 96.44 lakh with 36,011 new cases in a day, while 91,00,792 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 94.37 per cent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 96,44,222 and the death toll climbed to 1,40,182 with the coronavirus claiming 482 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.45 per cent.

There are 4,03,248 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 4.18 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 14,69,86,575 samples have been tested up to December 5 with 11,01,063 samples being tested on Saturday.

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 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29 and 90 lakh on November 20.