India, Dec. 4 -- With 36,595 fresh cases of the coronavirus and 540 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's tally stands at 95,71,559, while the death toll rose to 1,39,188, according to Health Ministry data.

Of the total cases, 90,16,289 have been cured/discharged. There are 4,16,082 active cases of COVID-19 in India.

The recovery rate among coronavirus patients stands at 94.20%.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said over 14.47 crore samples have been tested up to December 3 of which 11,70,102 samples were tested yesterday.

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