India COVID-19 Update: Reports 8,954 New COVID-19 Infections, Active Cases Below 1 Lakh

India, on the 1st of December, Wednesday, logged 8,954 new Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.

With new cases, a daily increase in fresh infections has been below 20,000 since 56 days.

On Wednesday morning, the Union Ministry of Health confirmed the new cases and updated the figures. According to the Union Health Ministry, India reported 8,954 new cases, 10,207 recoveries and 267 fatalities. With this, India has 3,45,96,776 positive cases, of which 99,023 are active cases, 4,69,247 deceased cases and 3,40,28,506 recovered/discharged cases.

The COVID-19 updates are available on the official website of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW.) In addition, the COVID-19 recovery is recorded at 98.37 %, the highest since March 2020 and fatality rate at 0.34 %.

Meanwhile, the cumulative doses of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in India so far exceeded 124.10 crores. In addition, as per Union Health Ministry, over 132 crore (1,32,33,15,050) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far. In addition, more than 22.72 Cr (22,72,19,901) balance and unutilized COVID-19 Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.