India reports 8,895 new Covid infections, 2,796 deaths in last 24 hours as Bihar, Kerala clear 'backlog'

New Delhi, Dec 05: India's Covid-19 tally rose by 8,895 on Sunday, pushing the overall cases 34,633,255, according to the daily bulletin issued by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The death toll reached 473,326, as two states - Bihar and Kerala - carried out a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data.

According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the country saw a total of 6,918 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.35 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,40,60,774.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 99,155, the ministry data showed today. Over 127.61 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

India reported its fifth case of Omicron after a man, who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania, tested positive for the latest coronavirus variant, officials said.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 64,72,52,850 samples have been tested up to December 4 for COVID-19. Of these 12,26,064 samples were tested on Saturday.