On Saturday, India’s daily Covid-19 infection rate rose sharply, and 22,775 new cases were reported nationwide on the first day of the new year. This is an increase of more than 6,000 from the 16,764 reported on Friday. As many state governments announced widespread curbs on New Year’s celebrations, the infection rate rose.

In addition, data from thel Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shows that in the past 24 hours, another 406 people have died of the disease, bringing the death toll to 481,486.

The number of active cases that has been increasing since the past few days broke the 100,000 mark to 104,781. After a gap of 547 days, it fell below the six-digit mark on December 1, 2021, and has been below that mark ever since. However, the ministry stated in a statement that so far, active cases have only accounted for less than 1% of the total number of confirmed cases (0.30% to be precise). At the same time, the department said that the case data related to the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) has also increased, with a record of 1,431. Maharashtra and Delhi had 454 cases and 351 cases respectively, the largest increase in the total number of the country. This variant has now been reported in 23 states and federal territories. The Ministry pointed out that of all the cases, 488 people have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. In the past 24 hours, as many as 8,949 people across the country recovered from Covid-19. The total number of people recovered reached 34,275,312, and the overall recovery rate was 98.32%.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated that 1,110,855 samples were tested for disease on Friday, and 678,989,110 tests have been performed so far.

In terms of vaccination, more than 1.45 billion doses have been vaccinated so far. “According to the interim report, as of 7 am today, with 58,11,487 doses of vaccine in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 vaccination coverage rate in India has exceeded 14.516 million (1,45,16,24,150),” The ministry said in a statement. statement.

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