New Delhi: India reported over 781 Omicron cases in 24 hours. Delhi recorded highest Omicron count with 238 cases followed by Maharashtra (167), Gujarat (73), Kerala (65), Telangana (62), Rajasthan (46), Karnataka (34), Tamil Nadu (34), Haryana (12), West Bengal (11), Madhya Pradesh (9), Odisha (8), Andhra Pradesh (6), Uttarakhand (4), Chandigarh (3), Jammu and Kashmir (3), Uttar Pradesh (2), Goa (1), Himachal Pradesh (1), Ladakh (1) and Manipur (1).
On the other hand, 9,195 new COVID19 cases has been reported in the last 24 hours, taking active caseload at 77,002.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 142.47 crore (1,42,46,81,736) as per provisional reports till 7 am on Tuesday, according to the health ministry.
With this the country’s COVID-19 case tally has risen to 3,48,08,886 and the death toll has climbed to 4,80,592. The Ministry informed that India’s active caseload presently is at 77,002, constituting 0.22 per cent of the country’s total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.
With the recovery of 7,347 patients in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tally of COVID recovered patients, since the beginning of the pandemic, now stands at 3,42,51,292.
The current recovery rate is at 98.40 per cent which is the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.
The weekly positivity rate is at 0.68 per cent and has remained less than 1 per cent for the last 45 days now.
The daily positivity rate is at 0.79 per cent and has remained below 2 per cent for the last 86 days.
India conducted 11,67,612 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, and so far the country has conducted 67,52,46,143 tests as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.
