Photos: India logs 18,732 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since July

India's daily new Covid-19 fatality count dropped to below 300 after over six months according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on December 27. A total of 279 more deaths and 18,732 new infections --the lowest since July -- were reported in the 24-hour period since, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 97,61,538 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.7%, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.

Updated on: Dec 27, 2020 11:48 AM IST

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A rush of tourists at Sukhna lake in Chandigarh on December 26. India recorded 18,732 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection over the previous 24 hours which have been the lowest since July., data from the Union health ministry showed on December 27. (Ravi Kumar / HT Photo)

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Health workers in PPE coveralls collect swab samples for Covid-19 tests at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in New Delhi on December 26. Continuing the trend of the decreasing number of Covid-19 infections, Delhi on December 27 recorded 655 fresh Covid-19 cases, the capital’s lowest in over four months. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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People in a queue outside a sample collection kiosk for coronavirus tests in Noida on December 26. The number of active cases went down further to 2,78,690 across the country in the same period. As many as 97,61,538 patients have so far been cured or discharged from the hospitals. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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Visitors seen at Lodhi Garden on a winter day in New Delhi on December 25. In the wake of a mutated variant of coronavirus detected in the UK, a genomic surveillance consortium has been formed for laboratory and epidemiological surveillance of circulating strains of the SARS-CoV-2 in India, the Centre said on December 27. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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A man wearing a face mask feeds pigeons along the roadside amid fog on a winter morning in Amritsar on December 26. Five percent of the positive cases of Covid-19 from all states and UTs will be tested for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) as part of a strategy to detect and contain the mutant variant, the Union Health Ministry said. (Natinder Nanu / AFP)

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Indian Air Force personnel during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi on December 26. In the ongoing door-to-door contact drive being conducted by the Delhi government to test UK-returned persons for prevalence of Covid-19, eight have so far been found infected with the coronavirus, officials told PTI on December 25. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Police women on special duty patrol the streets ensuring people are following Covid-19 safety guidelines properly in Dharmshala on December 26. Meanwhile, the daily Covid-19 death toll fell below 300 on December 25 — 251 deaths were reported on the day. An additional xxx deaths have been recorded since then. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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A woman sells packed drinking water at a crowded Juhu beach in Mumbai on December 26. India’s current case count from the viral disease is at 10,187,850 with 147,659 cumulative deaths so far. The case fatality rate currently rests at 1.45%. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)