New Delhi: India reported 7,145 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, marginally lower than yesterday’s 7,447 infections, according to the health ministry. Besides, 289 related deaths were also recorded.
The active cases in the country currently stand at 84,565, which account for 0.24% of the total cases.
With 8,706 recoveries recorded over the 24-hour period, the total recovery count has increased to 3,41,71,471. The recovery rate currently stands at 98.38%.
The daily positivity rate currently stands at 0.57% and weekly positive rate at 0.62%.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 136.66 crore.
On Friday, India recorded 7,447 cases, while on Thursday, the 24-hour case count stood at 7,974.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday that 1,245,402 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and the total number of samples tested has climbed to 662,897,388.
The health ministry informed on Friday that the Omicron count in the country has crossed the 100-mark and stands at 111 after the highest single-day rise of 24 cases was recorded.
Of the total, Maharashtra and Delhi top the list with 40 and 22 cases of Omicron.
The ministry has advised people to avoid non-essential travel and mass gatherings and keep New Year celebrations at low intensity.
“As Omicron variant is spreading very fast across Europe and most parts of the world so need to avoid nonessential travel, avoid mass gatherings and it is time to observe low-intensity festivities and ushering in new year celebrations has to be at low intensity,” ICMR’s director-general Dr Balram Bhargava said on Friday during a press conference of the health ministry.
“In most countries, those being hospitalized and dying are those who have not been vaccinated. So, the priority must be to vaccinate the unvaccinated, even in countries with the most access to vaccines,” Agarwal added.
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