India records 24,010 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

New Delhi, (Hindustan Times), 17 December 2020 –
India recorded 24,021 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry update on Thursday. The nationwide case count has now reached 9,956,557.

The number of active cases went down to 3,22,366, according to health ministry update at 8 am, while 94,89,740 patients have been cured or discharged from hospitals.

The country also recorded 355 fresh fatalities due to the disease which pushed the nationwide death toll to 1,44,451. The active caseload has now diminished to 3.34 per cent of the total number of infections reported in the country, according to the health ministry.

“India has recorded less than 40,000 daily new cases since the last 17 days,” the ministry further said on Wednesday.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 15,66,46,280 samples have been tested up to December 15, of which 10,85,625 were conducted 
on Tuesday.