New Delhi. With the arrival of 309 new cases of Omicron variant of Corona virus in India, the total number of such cases in the country has increased to 1,270. According to the updated data released by the Union Health Ministry on Friday morning, so far 1,270 cases of Omicron have been reported from 23 states and union territories and 374 people have recovered or have left the country.
COVID19 | India reports 16,764 new cases, 7,585 recoveries and 220 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active caseload currently stands at 91,361. Recovery Rate currently at 98.36%
Omicron case tally stands at 1,270. pic.twitter.com/zbKKRiP4kW
– ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2021
Maharashtra had the highest number of 450 cases. After this, 320 cases were reported in Delhi, 109 in Kerala and 97 in Gujarat. According to the data, the daily cases of COVID-19 have crossed the 16,000 mark after about 64 days, taking the total number of cases of COVID-19 in India to 3,48,38,804 while the number of patients under treatment has increased to 91,361. .
There were 16,794 new cases of infection in India in a day, while the death toll has reached 4,81,080 due to the loss of 220 patients. On October 27, 16,158 new cases of corona virus were reported in 24 hours. According to the ministry, the number of patients under treatment has increased to 91,361 which is 0.26 percent of the total cases of infection while the national rate of recovery from COVID-19 was recorded at 98.36 percent.
An increase of 8,959 has been registered in the number of patients under treatment for COVID-19 in the country in 24 hours. 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.