India records 5,326 new COVID-19 cases, 453 deaths in last 24 hours

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New Delhi: India recorded 5,326 new COVID-19 cases, 453 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,47,52,164 and the total death toll to 4,78,007, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday (December 21, 2021). The active cases stand at 79,097. 

India reports 5,326 new #COVID19 cases, 8,043 recoveries, and 453 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 79,097
Total recoveries: 3,41,95,060
Death toll: 4,78,007

Total Vaccination: 1,38,34,78,181 pic.twitter.com/45bi4eoFqL

— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2021

The country also recorded 8,043 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,41,95,060. A decline of 3,170 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The active cases comprise 0.34 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.40 percent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,41,95,060.

Meanwhile, India continues to witness a spike in the Omicron variant. Two hundred cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in India so far out of which 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana registered 20 cases, Karnataka 19, Rajasthan 18, Kerala 15 and Gujarat 14 cases.

India has a total of 200 cases of #OmicronVariant so far: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/zq7AJ0Oqqj

— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2021