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New Delhi : India reported 6,531 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,47,93,333 at 8 am on December 27, 2021. Less than 15,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for last 60 days now.
A total of 7,141 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,42,37,495 on December 27, 2021. India’s recovery rate (RR) was 98.40% on December 27, the highest since March 2020.
India’s Active Caseload further dropped to 75,841 on December 27, 2021. Active cases constituted 0.22% of the country’s total Positive Cases on December 27, the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 7,52,935 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 67.29 Crore (67,29,36,621) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.63% remains less than 1% for the last 43 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 0.87% on December 27, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 84 days and below 3% for 119 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 29,93,283 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 141.70 Crore (1,41,70,25,654) as per provisional reports till 7 am on December 27, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,50,57,142 sessions.
India logged 315 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,79,997 on December 27, 2021. The case fatality rate was 1.38% on the day.