Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 29: India reported 9,195 COVID-19 cases and 302 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
With this the country’s COVID-19 cases tally has risen to 3,48,08,886 and the death toll has climbed to 4,80,592. The India’s active caseload presently is at 77,002, constituting 0.22% of the country’s total positive cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
Meanwhile, 781 Omicron cases have been reported in the country so far, the ministry informed.
Out of this, Delhi accounts the highest number of cases (283), followed By Maharashtra (167), Gujarat (73), Kerala (65), Telangana (62), Rajasthan (46), Karnataka (34).
With the recovery of 7,347 patients in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tally of recovered patients now stands at 3,42,51,292. With this, the current recovery rate is at 98.40% which is highest since the beginning of the pandemic. The weekly positive rate is at 0.64% remains less than 1% for the last 86 days.
India conducted 11,67,612 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data. India has administered a total of 143.15 crore vaccine doses so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.