India reported 3,17,532 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a substantial rise of around 12 per cent from the previous day, said the Union ministry of health and family welfare today.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, India had reported 2,82,970 new Covid cases, a rise of over 18 per cent from the previous day’s count, and on Tuesday, 2,38,018 new infections were registered.<\/p>\n
A total 491 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours on Thursday taking the toll to 4,87,693.<\/p>\n
The active caseload has jumped to 19,24,051 which constitutes 5.03 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.<\/p>\n
The Omicron infection tally has risen to 9,287 across the nation, an increase of 3.63 per cent from yesterday.<\/p>\n
The recovery of 2,23,990 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,58,07,029. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 93.69 per cent.<\/p>\n
Also in the same period, a total of 19,35,180 tests were conducted across the country. India has so far conducted over 70.93 crore cumulative tests.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate has climbed to 16.06 per cent amid a sudden spike in cases. The daily positivity rate has declined to 16.41 per cent.<\/p>\n
With the administration of over 73 lakhs vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid inoculation coverage has reached 159.67 crore as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
More than 12.72 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 Thursday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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