India Logs 529 New COVID-19 Cases In A Single-Day

Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec 27 (Maxim News): India recorded 529 fresh Covid-19 cases in a single day, while the country’s active infection count stood at 4,093, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Three new fatalities – two from Karnataka and one from Gujarat were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 a.m.

The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, but infections have again gone up after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.

The daily numbers were in lakhs at the peak of the pandemic, which began in early 2020 and has seen more than 4.5 crore people getting infected and over 5.3 lakh deaths in about four years since then across the country.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease stands at more than 4.4 crore with a national recovery rate of 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry’s website. The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent.

According to the website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccines have so far been administered in the country.  (Maxim News)

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