India crossed the 100,000 mark in its daily Covid-19 tally on Friday, recording as many as 1,17,100 new cases in the past 24 hours. The current number of active cases in the country currently stands at 3,71,363, according to the latest updated figures from the Federal Ministry of Health and Family Affairs.
The last time the country recorded more than 100,000 cases in a single day was on June 6, 2021, when a second wave of the virus was raging across India.
The number of highly contagious Omicron in the country crossed the 3,000 mark (3,007 to be exact) and 1,199 patients were also cured. The fast-spreading strain is now present in 27 states.
The daily positivity rate has now reached 7.74%, while the weekly positivity rate is 4.54%.
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302 patients died from related complications, bringing the death toll to 483,178. As many as 30,836 people have recovered from the illness in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 3,43,71,845. This resulted in a recovery rate of 97.57%. The country has so far tested more than 680 million samples for the virus, the health ministry said.
In addition, more than 1.49 billion doses of vaccine against Covid-19 have been administered to beneficiaries as part of a national vaccination campaign launched about a year ago.
Complete News Source : Hindustan Times