New Delhi: India recorded 6,317 new cases of the novel coronavirus, as well as 318 deaths from the infection in the last 24 hours. According to data released by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the country saw a total of 6,906 discharges in the last 24 hours, bringing the total recovery rate to around 98.40%, the highest since March 2020, and total recoveries data to 3,42,01,966.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in India has dropped to 78,190 (the lowest in the last 575 days). So far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has resulted in the administration of over 138.95 crore vaccine doses. The total number of deaths in the country is now 4,78,325.
Meanwhile, Kerala continued to report fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with the state reporting 2,748 new infections, bringing the total caseload to 52,10,738. According to a state government release, the state also reported 233 deaths, bringing the total to 45,155.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 66,73,56,171 samples have been tested for COVID-19 as of December 21. On Tuesday, 12,29,512 of these samples were tested.
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