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New Delhi : India reported 8,603 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported in the country for 160 consecutive days now.
A total of 8,190 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours increasing the tally of recovered patients(since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,40,53,856 on December 4, 2021. India’s recovery rate (RR) was 98.35% on December 4, 2021, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
India’s Active Caseload was 99,974 on December 4, 2021. Active cases accounted for 0.29% of the country’s total Positive Cases on the day, the lowest since March 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,52,596 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 64.60 Crore (64,60,26,786) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.81% remains less than 1% for the last 20 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 0.69% on December 4, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 61 days and below 3% for 96 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 73,63,706 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 126.53 Crore (1,26,53,44,975) as per provisional reports till 7 am on December 4, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,31,55,745 sessions.