India records 1,94,720 daily COVID-19 infections, 15.8% higher than previous day
FirstpostThe Omicron tally reached 4,868. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases of the new variant, followed by Rajasthan India reported nearly two lakh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with as many as 1,94,720 people testing positive. The number is 15.8 percent higher than yesterday’s 1.68 lakh cases. Daily COVID-19 cases in India — 1,94,720 people 442 people lost their lives in one day, taking the total toll to 4,84,655 The nationwide infection tally now stands at 36,070,510 India has 9,55,319 active cases as of now, 2.65 percent of the total caseload The country also witnessed 60,405 recoveries, pushing the total recovery count to 34,630,536 Total number COVID-19 tests conducted in 24 hours 17,61,900 The Omicron count across the nation rose to 4,868 cases, a rise from yesterday’s 4,461 cases Maharashtra has the most Omicron cases with 1,281, followed by Rajasthan with 645 cases The daily positivity rate, or number of people infected per 100 tests, is 11.5 percent Over 153 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India since the time inoculation started This wave of infections has Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari was the latest to join the list. Other minister such as Mahendra Nath Pandey, Bharati Pawar, Nityanand Rai and Rajeev Chandrasekhar are also down with COVID-19 infections.