India records 7,081 new COVID-19 cases, 264 deaths in last 24 hours

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New Delhi: India recorded 7,081 new COVID-19 cases, 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,47,40,275 and the total death toll to 4,77,422, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday (December 19, 2021). The country also recorded 7,469 recoveries today. 

India reports 7,081 new #COVID19 cases, 7,469 recoveries, and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 83,913, lowest since March 2020
Total recoveries: 3,41,78,940
Death toll: 4,77,422
Total Vaccination: 1,37,46,13,252 pic.twitter.com/YaSI9n6kt8

— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2021

A decline of 652 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases stand at 3,913, which is the lowest in 570 days. 

The active cases have declined to 83,913, comprising 0.24 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.38 percent, the highest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.61 percent. It has been below 1 percent for the last 35 days, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,41,78,940, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.37 percent.

Kerala reported the highest COVID-19 cases at 3,297 among all the states, followed by Maharashtra with 854 cases, Tamil Nadu with 613 cases, West Bengal with 556 cases and Karnataka with 335 cases.

Additionally, a total of 66,41,09,365 samples were tested up to December 18, of which 12,11,977 samples were tested on December 18, said the Ministry of Health. 

Meanwhile, a total of 76,54,466 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,37,46,13,252.

(With agency inputs)