14 December,2021 06:50 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
A beneficiary gets a vaccine dose in Jammu on Monday. Pic/PTI
India's Coronavirus tally rose to 3,46,97,860 with 7,350 people testing positive for the infection in a day, while the number of active cases declined to 91,456, the lowest in 561 days, the Union Health Ministry data showed on Monday.
The death toll from the pandemic has climbed to 4,75,636 with 202 new fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 46 days now.
The number of active cases has declined to 91,456, comprising 0.26 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.37 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said.
A decline of 825 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.69 per cent. It has been below 1 per cent for the last 29 days, according to the ministry.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 133.17 crore.
Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 36 people who came in contact with the man who tested positive for the Omicron variant of Coronavirus, have been isolated. The man, who flew in from the UK, had reached Nedumbassery airport in Kochi on December 6 and on December 8, he had tested COVID-19 positive.
3,46,97,860 Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far
4,75,636 Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far
91,456 Total no. of active cases in India
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