Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 9: India reported 1,59,632 new COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the active cases to 5,90,611. According to the Union Ministry of Health, the country recorded 327 deaths in the last 24 hours ending Sunday, 9 am. With this the daily positivity rate stood at 10.21 per cent.
Meanwhile, a total 3,623 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in the Country so far, with Maharashtra (1,009) continuing to top the count, followed by Delhi (513) and Karnataka (441).
As many as 327 people have died of Covid during the past 24-hour period, according to the Health Ministry. This includes 242 deaths in Kerala in the last few months. The daily positivity rate of the country was recorded at 10.21 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 6.77 per cent.
A total of 40,863 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is now at 96.98 per cent. The country has conducted 69,00,34,525 tests so far, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The country has administered a total of 151.58 crore vaccine doses so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
