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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Active Cases Continue To Decline Amid Omicron Fears, 195 Deaths Reported

Follow the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination numbers in India here.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A health worker takes a swab sample under mobile phone torchlight during a power cut at a temporary Covid-19 testing site at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A health worker takes a swab sample under mobile phone torchlight during a power cut at a temporary Covid-19 testing site at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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India's active coronavirus cases fell for fifth straight day even as concerns around the new variant Omicron loom.

As many as 8,439 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Dec. 8. That compares with nearly 9,525 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: 3,46,56,822

  • Total number of active cases: 93,733

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,40,89,137

  • Total deaths: 4,73,952

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 8,439

  • One-day recoveries: 9,525

  • One-day deaths: 195

  • Total vaccines administered: 1,29,54,19,975

  • Vaccines administered in the last 24 hours: 73,62,000