New Delhi: With 7,774 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,46,90,510, while the number of active cases declined to 92,281, lowest in 560 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death count mounted to 4,75,434 with the addition of 306 new 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 45 days now.
The number of active cases has decreased to 92,281, comprising 0.27 per cent of the total infections, the lowest in 560 days, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.36 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.65 per cent. It has been less than two per cent for the last 69 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.70 per cent. It has been below one per cent for the last 28 days, according to the Health Ministry.
Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus cases in India:
Dec 12, 2021 20:13 (IST)
Maharashtra Covid Caseload Rises By 704
Maharashtra reported 704 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking its infection tally to 66,43,883, while the death of 16 patients pushed the toll to 1,41,259, the state health department said.
A total of 669 patients were discharged during the day, which raised the state's overall recovery count to 64,92,504. There are 6,441 active cases in the state at present.
Dec 12, 2021 19:40 (IST)
Fresh Omicron Case In Kerala; Patient returned from UK
The patient in Kerala's Ernakulam returned from UK via Abu Dhabi and tested positive on December 8. His wife and mother have also tested positive and all three have been isolated. All 149 passengers in the flight have been identified and informed, the authorities in Kerala have said.
Dec 12, 2021 18:00 (IST)
Omicron Test Kit Developed In Assam Gives Results In 2 Hours
At a time when fresh details and concerns are emerging every day about Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Assam's Dibrugarh has come up with a testing kit that can detect the new Covid variant in just two hours.
This may be a big relief for the travellers who have been struggling due to the increased wait time for test reports at the airports after fresh restrictions were brought in place to check the spread of the new variant.
The ICMR Dibrugarh team was working on this kit since November 24.
Dec 12, 2021 12:47 (IST)
New Omicron Cases From Andhra, Chandigarh
The number of Omicron patients in India ticked up to 35 as two more cases were detected -- one in Chandigarh and another in Andhra Pradesh. For both states, these were the first cases
