New Delhi: In India, the maximum number of 156 cases of Omicron form have been reported in a single day and with this the number of people infected with this new form of corona virus in the country has increased to 578. The Union Health Ministry said in updated data on Monday that out of 578 people infected with Omicron, 151 have been cured or have gone abroad. These cases of Omicron infection have been reported in 19 states and union territories.
Delhi has the highest number of 142, followed by 141 in Maharashtra, 57 in Kerala, 49 in Gujarat, 43 in Rajasthan and 41 in Telangana. According to the updated data of the ministry at 8 am, the number of people infected with this virus has increased to 3,47,93,333 after 6,531 more people were found infected with the corona virus in the last 24 hours, while the number of patients under treatment. The number has come down to 75,841. During this, the death toll has increased to 4,79,997 due to the death of 315 more patients.
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For the last 60 days, the daily cases of corona virus infection have remained consistently less than 15,000. The ministry said that the number of patients under treatment has come down to 75,841 which is 0.22 percent of the total cases of infection. This rate is the lowest since March 2020. The number of patients under treatment has come down by 925 in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health, the recovery rate of patients from COVID-19 is 98.40 percent, which is the highest since March 2020.
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.