New Delhi: According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), 21,821 new cases of corona have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, after which the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has increased to 1,02,66,674. According to the Union Health Ministry, 26,139 patients have also recovered in the last 24 hours, while 299 people have died due to corona. However, active cases of corona in the country still remain below 3 lakh.

The number of active cases of corona in the country is 2,57,656, while the number of people recovering from this epidemic has reached 98,60,280. According to MoHFW, a total of 1,48,738 people died due to corona infection in the country. Kerala has reported 65,572 active cases, while Maharashtra has 54,206 active cases. Delhi has 5,838 active cases, 6,08,434 recoveries and 10,523 deaths.

Stating that the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved in the UK, AIIMS Delhi director Dr Randeep Guleria said that India will also have the COVID-19 vaccine within a few days. Meanwhile, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 17,20,49,274 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till 30 December. Of these, 11,27,244 samples were tested yesterday.

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