COVID-19: India reports 7K infections 247 more deaths
Date
12/15/2021 5:29:33 AM
(MENAFN- NewsBytes)
India on Wednesday reported nearly 7,000 new COVID-19 cases with an active caseload of over 87,000. Active cases now account for just 0.25% of the total cases, the lowest since March 2020. The recovery rate was recorded at 98.38%, the highest since March 2020. Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.59%. It has been under 2% for the last 72 days.
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India on Wednesday reported 20.7% higher COVID-19 cases than the day before. However, both weekly positivity rate and active caseload have been showing signs of improvement for the last few weeks. The majority of new infections are concentrated in Kerala. Separately, India's tally of COVID-19 cases involving the Omicron variant has reached 64 after the detection of 11 new infections in Maharashtra and Telangana.
Statistics Over 8K patients discharged
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