NEW DELHI, Dec 24: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,772,626 on Friday, as 6,650 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, as many as 374 deaths were recorded since Thursday morning, taking the death toll to 479,133.
Currently, there are 77,516 active cases in the country with a decrease of 775 during the period. A total of 34,215,977 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, with 7,051 new recoveries.
India records 8,582 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Meanwhile, the country's Omicron tally has reached 358, out of which Maharashtra and Delhi have reported 88 and 67 cases, respectively. Till now 114 patients have been discharged after recovery, as per the federal Health Ministry's data.
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