New Delhi. So far 1,525 cases related to ‘Omicron’, a new form of corona virus, have been reported in India. The Union Health Ministry gave this information in the updated data on Sunday morning. These cases of infection have been reported in 23 states and union territories and out of these 560 people have either recovered or have left the country.
COVID19 | India reports 27,553 fresh infections, 284 deaths and 9,249 discharges in the last 24 hours; Active caseload stands at 1,22,801
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Maharashtra has reported the highest number of 460 cases of Omicron infection followed by 351 in Delhi, 136 in Gujarat, 117 in Tamil Nadu and 109 in Kerala. After the arrival of 27,553 new cases of corona virus infection in India, the cases of infection have increased to 3,48,89,132.
With this, the death toll has increased to 4,81,770 after the death of 284 more patients. The ministry said that the cases under treatment have increased to 1,22,801, which is 0.35 percent of the total cases of infection. It said the national recovery rate of patients is 98.27 per cent. It said the number of patients under treatment has increased by 18,020 in the last 24 hours and the weekly infection rate is 1.35 per cent.
The Ministry informed that the number of people who have become free from infection has increased to 3,42,84,561 and so far more than 145.44 crore doses of anti-Covid vaccine have been given in the country. The number of infected in the country had crossed 20 lakh on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23 and more than 40 lakh on September 5. At the same time, the total cases of infection had crossed 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, 80 lakh on 29 October and 90 lakh on 20 November. In the country, these cases crossed one crore on December 19, crossed two crore on May 4 this year and crossed three crore on June 23.