New-Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 2,82,970 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.
With the addition of 441 people have died due to Covid during the same period, taking the total death count in the country due to the infection to 4,87,202.
The country’s total caseload since the pandemic began currently stands at 3,79,01,241. This includes 8,961 cases of the Omicron variant. The active caseload currently stands at 18,31,000.
The recovery of 1,88,157 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,55,83,039. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 93.88 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 18,69,642 tests were conducted across the country. India has so far conducted over 70.74 crore cumulative tests.
The weekly positivity rate has climbed to 15.53 per cent amid a sudden spike in cases. The daily positivity rate has declined to 15.13 per cent.
With the administration of over 76 lakhs vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid inoculation coverage has reached 158.88 crore as of Wednesday morning.
More than 12.84 crore balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, according to the health ministry as of Wednesday morning.
Kalinga AI