Daily rise in new coronavirus infections recorded below 15,000 for 49 consecutive days
New Delhi, December 16
India added 7,974 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,47,18,602, while the active cases declined to 87,245, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 4,76,478 with 343 fresh 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 49 days now.
The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.38 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decline of 317 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The 343 new fatalities include 282 from Kerala and 13 from West Bengal.
Of the 282 deaths in Kerala, 125 were recorded over the last few days and 157 were designated as Covid deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, a Kerala state government release said on Wednesday.
A total of 4,76,478 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,41,298 from Maharashtra, 43,626 from Kerala, 38,277 from Karnataka, 36,644 from Tamil Nadu, 25,100 from Delhi, 22,915 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,633 from West Bengal. PTI
