Covid deaths

The Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said India has a systemic-data pool, and does not need modeling, extrapolation, and press reports for ascertaining COVID-related death. He said "90% of the deaths that occurred after testing positive for COVID-19 were occurring in the first 4 weeks, so cut-off of 30 days was laid for the definition of death". Dr. Bhargava laid emphasis on systemic data. 

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that India reported 6,358 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours taking the active caseload to 75,456, on December 28. Meanwhile, 293 deaths were reported due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 4,80,290. On the contrary, the country's current Recovery Rate stands at 98.40 percent, which is the highest since the beginning. 

The latest data of the Union Health Ministry showed that India recorded 7,081 new COVID-19 cases, 7,469 recoveries, and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, on December 19. The active of the country stands at 83,913 cases, which is said to be the lowest since March 2020. India's total recoveries and deaths stand at 3,41,78,940 and 4,77,422. Besides, India has administered more than 137.46 crore vaccine doses.   

India reported 7,974 new COVID-19 cases, and 7,948 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the data of the Union Health Ministry, released on December 16. The total number of deaths in the country reached 4,76,478 cases with 343 new deaths. The total recoveries and active cases stand at 3,41,54,879 and 87,245, respectively. However, India's cumulative tally of vaccine administration crossed 135.25 crore doses. 

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 13 informed that India reported 7,350 new COVID-19 cases, 7,973 recoveries, and 202 deaths in the last 24 hours. India's total active cases stand at 91,456, recoveries at 3,41,30,768 and deaths at 4,75,636. The active cases are said to be the lowest in 561 days. Besides, India has administered more than 133.17 crore vaccine doses so far.