Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 20: India reported more than 3.17 lakh (3,17,532) new Covid-19 cases and 491 deaths in the last 24 hours marking a 12 per cent increase in fresh cases since Wednesday informed the Union Ministry of Health on Thursday morning.
The country’s active caseload currently stands at 19,24,051. The active cases now comprise 5.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.69 per cent. The daily positivity rate of the country is 16.41%, while the weekly Positivity Rate is at 16.06%, as per government’s data released today.
With 491 deaths in last 24 hours, the death toll is at 4,87,693. With 2,23,990 recoveries in last 24 hours, the total recoveries climbed to 3,58,07,029.
Meanwhile, Omicron tally in the country rose to 9,287 on Thursday, 3.63 per cent higher than yesterday.