Active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections…
New Delhi: On Friday, 16 December 2022, India has recorded a single-day rise of 162 new coronavirus infections and the count of active cases has reduced to 3,691, according to Union Health Ministry data updated.
Now, the country has 4.46 crore Coronavirus cases and the death count due to the disease stands at 5,30,663, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the health ministry.
A decrease of 76 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country has surged to 4,41,41,255, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the health ministry's website data, 219.99 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.
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