Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec.2: In the last 24 hours, India has documented 9,765 new instances of the novel coronavirus, as well as 477 deaths from the infection. According to data released by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the country saw 8,548 discharges in the last 24 hours, bringing the total recovery rate to roughly 98.35 percent, the highest since March 2020, and total recoveries to 3,40,37,054.
According to government data released today, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 99,763.
So far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has administered about 124.96 crore vaccine doses.
The country’s total death toll today stands at 4,69,724. The first death from the COVID epidemic was recorded in India in March 2020.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reports that 64,35,10,926 samples have been tested for COVID-19 as of December 1. On Wednesday, 10,98,611 of these samples were examined.
Meanwhile, the Kerala government reported 5,405 new COVID-19 cases and 403 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 51,35,390 and the death toll to 40,535 correspondingly. According to an official press release, 96 of the 403 deaths were reported in the previous few days, and 307 were labelled as COVID-19 deaths after hearing appeals based on the Centre’s new rules and the Supreme Court’s directives.
Since Tuesday, 4,538 more persons have recovered from the virus, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 50,61,906 and the number of active cases to 44,124, according to the announcement. According to the report, 64,191 samples were examined in the last 24 hours.