New Delhi, August 08 (ANI): A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of the passengers for the COVID-19 test at New Delhi Railway Station, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo)
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): India recorded 6,822 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday. This is the lowest number of fresh cases of infection reported by the country in the last 558 days.
Out of the new COVID-19 cases recorded across India, Kerala recorded 3,277 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Moreover, the active caseload in the country has now reached 95,014 which is the lowest in the last 554 days.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the active cases in the country account for less than 1 percent of total cases, currently at 0.27 percent which is the lowest since March last year.
With 10,004 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the cumulative recovery tally in India now stands at 3,40,79,612. The Recovery rate is currently at 98.36 percent.
The daily positivity rate (0.63 percent) is less than 2 percent for the last 64 days while the weekly positivity rate (0.28 percent) is less than 1 percent for the last 23 days.
As many as 220 people lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,73,757.
Meanwhile, 128.76 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. (ANI)
