Team News Riveting
New Delhi, December 25
A total of 415 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected across the country, according to the Union Health Ministry’s bulletin on Saturday.
Maharashtra has recorded a maximum of 108 Omicron cases, followed by Delhi where 79 cases were found. In Gujarat 43, Telangana 38, Kerala 37, Tamil Nadu 34 and Karnataka 31 cases of variant of concern had come to the fore. India’s Covid tally rose to 3,47,79,815 with 7,189 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, while the active cases have declined to 77,032, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The death toll climbed to 4,79,520 with 387 more fatalities, the data showed. The daily rise in new coronavirus cases has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 58 days now.
The active cases have declined to 77,032 comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.40 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.
A decrease of 484 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.65 per cent. It has been less than two per cent for the last 82 days. The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.60 per cent. It has been below one per cent for the last 41 days, the Health Ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,42,23,263, 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-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 141.01 crore.
