Bhubaneswar: India registered 3,17,532 fresh Covid cases and 491 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on Thursday.
Among the new cases, 9,287 are cases of Omicron. With the addition of the new deaths, the toll has reached 4,87,693.
The recovery of 2,23,990 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,58,07,029. India’s active caseload is presently at 19,24,051. With this, the Daily positivity rate is at 16.41%.
With the administration of 73,38,592 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid inoculation coverage has reached 1,59,67,55,879 as of Thursday morning.