Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec.24: The health bulletin released by the Union Health Ministry on Friday shows that India recorded 122 instances of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 in a 24-hour period, the highest so far, bringing the country’s total to 358 cases, 114 of which have recovered.
It revealed that 358 Omicron Covid variant instances have been discovered so far in 17 states and union territories.
Maharashtra has the most cases of the Omicron variety, with 88, followed by Delhi with 67, Telangana with 38, Tamil Nadu with 34, Karnataka with 31 and Gujarat with 30.
According to ministry data updated at 8 a.m., India has registered 6,650 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases to 3,47,72,626, with 77,516 active cases.
According to the report, the number of people who have died as a result of the disease has risen to 4,79,133, with 374 people dying every day.
For the past 57 days, the daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been below 15,000 per day.
The number of active cases has dropped to 77,516, accounting for 0.22 percent of all infections, the lowest level since March 2020. According to the ministry, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 98.40 percent, the highest since March 2020.
According to the data, the active COVID-19 caseload has decreased by 775 cases in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was 0.57 percent on average. For the past 81 days, it has been less than 2%.
The positivity rate for the week was 0.59 percent. According to the health ministry, this has been below 1% for the past 40 days.
The number of persons who have recovered from the disease has increased to 3,42,15,977, with a 1.38 percent case fatality rate.
The total number of doses given out in the country as part of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has surpassed 140.31 crore.