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New Delhi : India logged 6,984 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,47,10,628 cases at 8 am on December 15, 2021.L ess than 15,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for last 48 days now.
A total of 8,168 Covid-19 patients, on the other hand, declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,41,46,931 on December 15, 2021. India’s recovery rate stands at 98.38%,the highest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
India’s Active Caseloadis was 87,562 on December 15, 2021, a further drop of 1,431 cases in last 24 hours. Active cases accounted for 0.25% of the country’s total Positive Cases, the lowest since March 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,84,883 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 65.88 Crore (65,88,47,816) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.67% remains less than 1% for the last 31 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 0.59% on December 15, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 72 days and below 3% for 107 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 68,89,025 vaccine doses in last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 134.61 Crore (1,34,61,14,483) as per provisional reports till 7 am on December 15, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,41,10,887 sessions.
India reported 247 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,76,135 on December 15, 2021.