India records 7,447 new COVID-19 cases, 391 deaths in last 24 hours

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New Delhi: India recorded 7,447 new COVID-19 cases, 391 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,47,26,049 and the total death toll to 4,76,869, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday (December 17, 2021). The country also recorded 7,886 recoveries today. 

India reports 7,447 new #COVID19 cases, 7,886 recoveries, and 391 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 86,415
Total recoveries: 3,41,62,765
Death toll: 4,76,869

Total Vaccination: 1,35,99,96,267 pic.twitter.com/yo9N3iMAtX

— ANI (@ANI) December 17, 2021

A decline of 830 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases stand at 86,415. The 391 new fatalities include 320 from Kerala and 19 from Maharashtra.

The active cases comprise 0.25 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.38 percent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

Additionally, the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,41,62,765, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.37 percent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 135.99 crore.

(With agency inputs)