New Delhi: India has reported 1,49,394 COVID infections in the last 24 hours, as per the data by the Health Ministry of India.
The country witnessed a single-day rise of 1,072 COVID deaths, taking the death tally up to 500,055 in the last 24 hours, the updated data stated.
The positivity rate fell to 9.2%. The active cases constitute 3.42 per cent of the total infections, while the COVID recovery rate decreased to 95.39 per cent, the Health Ministry said.
Since December, the number of COVID cases has been rising rapidly due to the new variant Omicron. India’s active caseload currently stands at 14,35,569.
2,46,674 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking total recoveries in India to 4,00,17,088.
Under the countrywide vaccination drive, 167.87 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far, the Ministry said on Thursday.
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