New Delhi: India has reported 8,306 new COVID-19 cases according to the Union Health Ministry. In the last 24 hours, the country has seen a total of 8,834 discharges, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 3,40,69,608. The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has dropped to 98,416 (the lowest in 552 days), according to government data released today. The active cases account for 0.28 percent of total infections, the lowest since March 2020, the ministry data showed, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.35 percent, the highest since March 2020. So far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has administered about 127.93 crore vaccine doses. For 46 consecutive days, the daily surge of new coronavirus infections has fallen below 20,000, and for 149 days in a row, less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported. The active cases account for 0.33 percent of total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the ministry, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.32 percent, the highest since March 2020. MP Corona Omicron Alert: Govt tightens grip over new threat Covid-19: 552 new Covid-19 cases report in Singapore Amidst the panic of Omicron, 69 students have been found corona positive in this state