In the last 24 hours, India has seen 8,603 new instances of the novel coronavirus, with 415 fatalities as a result of the illness. According to statistics released on Saturday by the Union Health Ministry, the country experienced a total of 8,190 discharges in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall recovery rate to roughly 98.35 percent, the highest since March 2020, and total recoveries data to 3,40,53,856.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 99,974, the ministry data showed today.
Over 126.53 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The total death toll in the country is now at 4,70,530. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 64,60,26,786 samples have been tested up to December 3 for COVID-19. Of these 12,52,596 samples were tested on Friday.