India’s omicron tally reaches 213
PTI, Dec 22, 2021, 12:12 PM IST
New Delhi: India has recorded 213 cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus across 15 states and UTs so far out of which 90 people have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
Delhi has recorded the maximum 57 cases of the omicron variant followed by Maharashtra at 54, Telangana 24, Karnataka 19, Rajasthan 18, Kerala 15 and Gujarat 14.
The ministry data updated at 8 am said that India had logged 6,317 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,47,58,481, while the active cases declined to 78,190, the lowest in 575 days.
The death toll has climbed to 4,78,325 with 318 fresh fatalities, the data stated.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 55 days now.
The active cases comprise 0.22 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate has further improved to 98.4 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decline of 907 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.51 per cent. It has been less than two per cent for last 79 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.58 per cent. It has been below one per cent for the last 38 days, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,42,01,966, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.38 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has exceeded 138.96 crore.
The 318 new fatalities include 233 from Kerala, 30 from Goa and 14 from Maharashtra.
Of the 233 deaths in Kerala, 33 were recorded over the last few days and 200 were designated as Covid deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, a Kerala state government release said on Tuesday.
For Goa, 29 deaths from the May to December period have been reported late.
A total of 4,78,325 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,41,367 from Maharashtra, 45,155 from Kerala, 38,295 from Karnataka, 36,691 from Tamil Nadu, 25,102 from Delhi, 22,915 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,688 from West Bengal.
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