Coronavirus India Latest Updates: 6,822 New Cases, 220 More Deaths Reported
Follow the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination numbers in India here.
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India's active coronavirus cases fell for the fourth day in a row even as concerns around the new variant Omicron loom.
As many as 6,822 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, lowest in 558 days, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Dec. 7. That compares with nearly 10,004 recoveries during the period.
Active cases fell to the lowest since March 2020, the onset of the pandemic, accounting for 0.27% of the country's total tally.
Key Figures:
Total confirmed cases: 3,46,48,383
Total number of active cases: 95,014
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,40,79,612
Total deaths: 4,73,757
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 6,822
One-day recoveries: 10,004
One-day deaths: 220 deaths
Total vaccines administered: 1,28,76,10,590
Vaccines administered in the last 24 hours: 79,39,038