New Delhi: India has seen 7,974 new cases of the novel coronavirus with 343 deaths as a result of the infection In the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the country saw a total of 7,948 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.38 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,41,54,879.

According to government data released today, the overall number of active COVID-19 cases in India has decreased to 87,245. Thus far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has administered about 135.25 crore vaccine doses. The country's total death toll today stands at 4,76,478. The first death from the COVID epidemic was recorded in India in March 2020.

Meanwhile, Kerala recorded 4,006 new infections and 282 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 51,92,593 and the death toll to 43,626. According to a state government release, 125 of the 282 deaths were reported in the previous few days, and 157 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after accepting appeals based on the Centre's new rules and the Supreme Court's directives.

Since Tuesday, 3,898 more people have recovered from the virus, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 51,24,899 and the number of active cases to 35,234, according to the report. In the previous 24 hours, 65,704 samples have been examined.

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