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Coronavirus update: 157 new cases in the country; Drills at hospitals to check preparedness

India now has;3,421 active cases; Cumulative vaccinations cross 2,200 million

DTE Staff

Many hospitals across the country held drills on December 27, 2022 to check preparedness of health facilities to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 cases, reported news agency Press Trust of India

  • The global tally for cases positive to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was at 662,411,909 December 27, 2022 at 4.30pm, according to private aggregator Worldometers.info.
  • The ensuing disease (COVD-19) has killed 6,687,668 people around the world. 
  • The number of active cases was 20,752,300; 0.2 per cent of them remained ‘serious’ or ‘critical’.
  • India logged 157 new COVID-19 cases December 27, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

A chart of COVID-19 cases in India from March 1, 2020. Chart: Our World In Data

  • The country now has 3,421 active cases or 0.1 per cent positivity rate.
  • The total infection tally in the country stands at 44,677,459.
  • A total of 530,696 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in India. 
  • A total of 97,622 people received vaccination shots for COVID-19.
  • The cumulative vaccination numbers now stand at 2,200,643,689.

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