According to the morning update of the Federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India, after recording as many as 90,928 new infections in the past 24 hours, India witnessed a surge in its daily number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on Thursday. Compared with the 58,097 new cases reported on Wednesday, this number has surged by 56.5%. An update from the Ministry of Health shows that the country’s cumulative total has now climbed to 3,51,09,286.

The number of active cases in the country has also seen a serious surge, approaching the 300,000 mark, and the number of infections is 285,401. It accounts for 0.81% of the country’s total caseload.

Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu account for the majority of active cases in the country. According to the latest news from the Federal Ministry of Health, there are as many as 91,204 active infections in Maharashtra. At the same time, after a total of 325 patients died of the virus, the number of deaths in a single day has dropped from 534 the day before. According to this, according to the latest situation of the Union Ministry of Health, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 in India has reached 482,876. The new recovery continues to show hope, as more than 19,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, accounting for 3,43,41,009 recovered cases in the country. The recovery rate in India is 97.81%.

The number of Omicron in India maintained an upward trend, and the number increased to 2,630 on Thursday. Maharashtra and Delhi once again topped the list with 797 cases and 465 cases. Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, and Gujarat—all of which are among the 10 worst-hit states in India by Omicron, with more than 200 new variants confirmed to date. In terms of vaccination coverage, a total of 91,25,099 vaccinated eligible beneficiaries in the past 24 hours, including individuals between 15 and 18 years of age. According to data shared by the Alliance Health Department, as many as 40,80,263 adolescents received the first dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine Department in the past 24 hours. It is worth noting that India opened vaccination to people aged 15-18 on January 3, and so far more than 10 million people have been vaccinated.

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