New Delhi: After the arrival of 161 new cases of ‘Omicron’, a new form of Coronavirus Pandemic in India, the number of cases of this form has increased to 1,431. The Union Health Ministry gave this information in the updated data on Saturday morning. Omicron Updates 1,431 cases have been reported in 23 states and union territories and out of which 488 people have either recovered or have left the country. The highest number of 454 cases have been reported in Maharashtra, followed by 351 in Delhi, 118 in Kerala and 115 in Gujarat.
According to the ministry, the daily cases of COVID-19 in the country crossed the mark of more than 16,000 after 65 days, taking the number of infected in the country to 3,48,61,579. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has increased to 1,04,781. 22,775 new cases of corona virus infection have been reported in India and after the death of 220 more people, the death toll has increased to 4,81,080. On October 6, 22,431 new cases of infection were reported in the country in 24 hours.
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At the same time, on November 30, the number of patients under treatment had crossed one lakh. The Health Ministry said that the cases under treatment are 0.30 percent of the cases of infection, while the national rate of infection is 98.32 percent. It said that the number of patients under treatment has increased by 13,420 in the last 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. (agency)