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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: New Infections Fall To Lowest Since June 2020

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Nurses prepare a pediatric intensive-care unit for Covid-19 patients. (Photographer: Arko Datto/Bloomberg)</p></div>
Nurses prepare a pediatric intensive-care unit for Covid-19 patients. (Photographer: Arko Datto/Bloomberg)

India's Covid-19 cases continued their downward trajectory as fresh infections fell to their lowest since June 2, 2020.

The country added only 8,488 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Nov. 22. That compares with nearly 12,510 recoveries in the period.

Active cases, at 1.18 lakh, account for 0.34% of the country's total tally— the lowest since March 2020.

Key Figures:

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,45,18,901

  • Total number of active cases: 1,18,443

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,39,34,547

  • Total deaths: 4,65,911

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 8,488

  • One-day recoveries: 12,510

  • One-day deaths: 249

  • Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 32,99,337

  • Total vaccines administered: 1,16,87,28,385

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