Covid case Update: India reports 6,984 cases, Omicron tally rises to 65

15 December, 2021 | Vaishali Sharma

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The Covid-19 caseload in India jumped to 34,710,628 crore as 6,984 persons tested positive for the illness, bringing the death toll to 4,76,135 with 247 new fatalities. On Wednesday, India reported...

The Covid-19 caseload in India jumped to 34,710,628 crore as 6,984 persons tested positive for the illness, bringing the death toll to 4,76,135 with 247 new fatalities. On Wednesday, India reported a slight increase in Covid-19 cases in a single day. The nation reported 5,784 new cases yesterday, the fewest in 571 days.

Meanwhile, the active cases in India have surged to 87,562, accounting for 0.25% of the total caseload and the lowest since March 2020. A decline of 1,431 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The Covid-19 recoveries jumped to 3,41,46,931 after 8,168 people got recovered in a day.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.59%. It has been less than 2% for the last 72 days.

A total of 65 cases have been reported till now in India.

Covid-19 immunisation coverage in India has reached 134.53 crore, with 81.91 crore persons having received the first dose and 52.61 crore being completely vaccinated.