India COVID-19 Cases At 10.26 Million With 21,821 New Cases

India on the 31st of December, recorded 21,821 single day spike of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 cases. 

According to the Union Health Ministry data, the Nation recorded 21,821 positive cases, 299 deaths.

The data was updated on the morning of the 31st of December. The updated data is available on the official website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW.)

As per the MoHFW website, India till date has 10,266,674 positive cases, of which 2,57,656 are active cases, 148,738 are deceased cases and recovered/discharged cases.

Active cases of COVID-19 is close to 2.51 % of the total case count, while over 9.86 million people have been cured which has taken the recovery rate to 96.04 %.

Maharashtra for over months has been witnessing a reduction in the daily number of cases. For 25 continuous days, there have been less than 5,000 Covid-19 cases added. As many 3,537 people tested positive for the disease on Wednesday which pushed the total cases to over 1.9 million. Over 12 million tests have been conducted by health authorities till now. The state government on Wednesday extended the lockdown restrictions imposed till January 31 and urged residents to stay home during New Year celebrations and avoid crowding in public places.

Delhi on the other hand, logged 677 fresh cases and 21 deaths on Wednesday with authorities conducting over 84,000 tests on Tuesday. The number of active cases dropped to 5,838 on Wednesday from 6,122 Tuesday, the health department’s bulletin showed adding that 608,434 have recovered till now.