New Delhi: Continuing with the upward trend India has reported 1,79,723 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours while the Omicron tally in the country has surpassed the 4000 mark with Maharashtra remaining the top contributor.
A huge spike in Omicron cases has been registered in Rajasthan for the past few days.
India’s active caseload currently stands at 7,23,619. The active cases stand at 2.03%. The recovery rate of the country is currently at 96.62%
India’s daily positivity rate continues to surge and is now at 13.29%.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 44,388 new COVID-19 cases and 12 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 69,20,044 and the death toll to 1,41,639, the state health department said.
A day earlier, the state had reported 41,434 coronavirus cases and 13 deaths.
With 15,351 patients discharged on Sunday, the number of recoveries rose to 65,72,432 in Maharashtra, which is now left with 2,02,259 active cases, the department said in a statement.
While the state surpassed the 1000 mark for the highly transmissible Omicron variant on Sunday, it added 207 fresh cases of the strain, taking the number of such patients to 1,216.
The case recovery rate in Maharashtra now stands at 94.98 per cent and the fatality rate is 2.04 per cent, the department said.
Mumbai reported 19,474 fresh cases and seven COVID-19 fatalities, raising the tally of infections to 9,12,522 and the death toll to 16,406.
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