New Delhi: India recorded 8,439 new Covid cases on Wednesday -- a daily spike that's 23 per cent higher than the previous day. This took the active caseload to 93,733, the lowest in 555 days. At least 195 deaths were also recorded in the day, taking the death count to 4,73,952.
India's active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total cases and are currently at 0.27 per cent which is the lowest since March 2020.
A total of 129.54 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The overall recovery rate currently stands at 98.36 per cent, highest since March 2020 as India logged 9,525 recoveries in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 3,40,89,137.
Meanwhile, a World Health Organization official said the Omicron variant does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants, and is "highly unlikely" to fully dodge vaccine protections.
He said that while a lot remained to be learned about the new, heavily mutated variant of COVID-19, preliminary data indicated it did not make people sicker than Delta and other strains.
Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus cases in India:
Dec 08, 2021 22:15 (IST)
COVID-19 India News: Telangana Reports 205 New Cases, One More Death
Telangana on Wednesday reported 205 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,77,546, while the death count rose to 4,002 with one more fatality, reported news agency PTI. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 79, followed by Hanumakonda (19) and Medchal Malkajgiri (14) districts, a state government bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM today. It said 185 people recovered from the infectious disease. The cumulative number of recoveries was 6,69,673. The number of active cases was 3,871.
Dec 08, 2021 20:00 (IST)
COVID-19 India News: Mumbai Reports 250 New Cases, One Death
Mumbai reported 250 new coronavirus infections and a single fatality on Wednesday, a civic official said, according to news agency PTI. The caseload of the country's financial capital rose to 7,64,444 and death count reached 16,353. The number of new cases surged over 200 after a gap of two days. On Tuesday Mumbai had logged 191 new COVID-19 cases and one death. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city came down to 1,652 with 263 recovered patients getting discharged from hospitals. The total of recovered patients rose to 7,43,863 while the city has a recovery rate of 97 per cent.