New Delhi: There have been 236 cases of ‘Omicron’, a new form of Coronavirus, in India, out of which 104 people have become infection free or have migrated to other places. These cases were reported in 16 states and union territories. The Union Health Ministry said on Thursday that Maharashtra has the maximum number of 65 cases of ‘Omicron’ nature, 64 in Delhi, 24 in Telangana, 21 in Rajasthan, Karnataka ( There have been 19 cases in Karnataka and 15 in Kerala.
According to the updated data released by the ministry at 8 am, after 7,495 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in India in a day, the number of infected in the country increased to 3,47,65,976. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has increased to 78,291. After the death of 434 more infected, the death toll increased to 4,78,759. According to the data, the daily cases of COVID-19 in the country are less than 15 thousand for 56 consecutive days. The number of patients under treatment has increased to 78,291, which is 0.23 percent of the total cases of infection. This rate is the lowest since March 2020.
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An increase of 101 has been registered in the number of patients under treatment for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The national recovery rate of patients 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.