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New Delhi : India logged 6,987 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,47,86,802 cases at 8 am on December 26, 2021 Less than 15,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for last 59 days now.
A total of 7,091 Covid-19 patients, on the other hand, were declared cured /disharged in the country in last 24 hours increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,42,30,354 at 8 am on DEcember 26, 2021. India’s recovery rate (RR) was standing at 98.40%, the highest since March 2020, on December 26.
India’s Active Caseload was 76,766 on December 26. Active cases accounted for 0.22% of the country’s total Positive Cases on the day, the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 9,45,455 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 67.19 Crore (67,19,97,082) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.62% remains less than 1% for the last 42 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 0.74% on December 26. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 83 days and below 3% for 118 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 32,90,766 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 141.37 Crore (1,41,37,72,425) as per provisional reports till 7 am December 26, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,50,19,426 sessions.
India reported 162 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,79,682 in the country on December 26, 2021.