India added 2.64 new infections in the past 24 hours, the highest level in 239 days, with a 6.7% increase in new Covid cases. The health ministry said the death toll from Covid had risen by 315, with the total now at 485,350. According to the Ministry of Health, India has reported 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant. Omicron cases are up 4.83% since Thursday.
Active cases rose to 1,272,073, the highest in 220 days. Active cases now account for 3.48% of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 95.20%.
The daily positivity rate was 14.78%, while the weekly positivity rate was 11.83%. The ministry said the cumulative doses in the country have so far exceeded 1.5539 crore under the nationwide vaccination campaign.
Maharashtra, one of the states hardest hit by the Covid pandemic, recorded 46,406 new coronavirus cases, down 317 from the previous day, and infection-related deaths rose by 36. It said no new Omicron infections have been reported in the state.
Delhi saw its biggest ever spike in daily coronavirus infections on Thursday, with 28,867 new cases and a positivity rate soaring to 29 per cent, meaning one person tested positive for every three tests carried out.
Kerala added more than 10,000 new cases for the second day in a row, with the state recording 13,468 new infections, raising the number of cases to 53,17,490. The southern state reported 12,742 cases a day earlier. Kerala also reported 117 deaths, bringing the state’s total to 50,369, according to a government release.
Experts said on Thursday that the peak of the coronavirus pandemic cannot be concluded in Delhi based on hospital admissions data alone as the city’s case count and positivity rate continue to trend upward.
A deadly wave of the COVID-19 delta variant claimed 240,000 lives in India between April and June 2021 and disrupted the economic recovery, a United Nations report said on Thursday, warning that the near-term risk could be A “similar event” will occur. The United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) flagship report for 2022 also said the human and economic toll from the pandemic is expected to rise again as a highly transmissible variant of Omicron sparks a new wave of infections.

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