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India reports 7,974 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

| @indiablooms | Dec 16, 2021, at 04:28 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 7,974 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 343 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.

In the same span of time, 7,948 COVID-19 patients have recovered.

The recovery percentage in the country now stands at 98.38%, the highest since Mar 2020.

The active cases now account for 0.25% of the total cases, the lowest since Mar 2020.

Under the national vaccination drive, 135.25 crore anti-COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country.

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