Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 9: India reported 9,419 new Covid-19 cases and 159 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. The active caseload currently stands at 94,742.
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.27%, which is lowest since March 2020, said the ministry.
As many as 4,74,111 people has succumbed to the infection so far. With 8,251 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total recovery of the country gone up to 3,40,97,388. The recovery rate is currently at 98.36%, which is highest since March 2020.
The daily positivity rate is at 0.73% which is less than 2% for the last 66 days. The weekly positivity rate is at 0.74%, which is again less than 1% for the last 25 days.
Meanwhile, 65,19,50,127 samples have been tested so far in the country which include 12,89,983 samples tested on Wednesday. In addition to this, over 130.39 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have ben administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.