Daily rise in new coronavirus cases recorded below 15,000 for 48 consecutive days

New Delhi, December 15

India logged 6,984 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,47,10,628 while the active cases declined to 87,562, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The death toll climbed to 4,76,135 with 247 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.     

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 48 days now.

The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.38 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A decline of 1,431 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours. PTI