The Covid-19 case tally of India reached 1,02,86,710 on January 1 after reporting 20,036 new cases in the last 24 hours. 256 casualties linked with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours took the death toll to 1,48,994. Active infections is currently at 2,54,254. Whereas, total cured cases are at 98,83,461. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 17,31,11,694 samples tested for Covid-19 up to Dec 31. Of these, 10,62,420 samples were tested yesterday.