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New Delhi : India logged 6,317 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,47,58,481 cases at 8 am on December 22, 2021. Less than 15,000 Daily New Cases have been reported in the country for last 55 days now .
A total of 6,906 Covid-19 patients, on the other hand, recovered in last 24 hours increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,42,01,966 at 8 am on December 22, 2021. India’s recovery rate stands at 98.40%, the highest since March 2020.
India’s Active Caseload was 78,190, a further drop of 907 in last 24 hours, the lowest in 575 days. Active cases accounted for constitute 0.22% of the country’s total Positive Cases, the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,29,512 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 66.73 Crore (66,73,56,171) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.58% remains less than 1% for the last 38 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 0.51% on December 22, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 79 days and below 3% for 114 consecutive days now
Meanwhile, with the administration of 57,05,039 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s ovid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 138.96 Crore (1,38,95,90,670) as per provisional reports till 7 am on December 22, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,47,11,227 sessions.
India reported 318 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,78,325 in the country on December 22, 2021.