NEW DELHI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- India reported 241 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, with the active caseload standing at 4,244.
The South Asian country also logged nine deaths related to COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 530,647 since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to data released Thursday by the federal health ministry, a total of 44,139,299 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
So far, over 907 million tests for COVID-19 have been conducted across the country, including 142,777 tests on Wednesday, showed the ministry's data. ■