India reports 45,000 new Covid-19 cases, tally nears 90 lakh-mark

India has recorded 45,576 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours while the death toll has also gone up by 585. India’s total number of coronavirus cases is now nearing the 90 lakh-mark. With 45,576 new Covid-19 cases, India's total cases have touched 89,58,484. With 585 new deaths the coronavirus death toll has reached 1,31,578. Among the 89 lakh total coronavirus cases, the number of active cases is at 4,43,303 after a decrease of 3,502 in the last 24 hours. The total number of discharged cases are at 83,83,603 with 48,493 new discharges in last 24 hours. ICMR has said a total of 12,85,08,389 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to November 18. Of these, 10,28,203 samples were tested on Wednesday.