Coronavirus: India records 1.94 lakh new cases – 15.86% higher than Tuesday’s count

India recorded 1,94,720 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday morning, taking the overall tally to 3,60,70,510 since the pandemic began in the country in January 2020. The number of new cases was 15.86% more than Tuesday’s count of 1,68,063 cases.

The active cases increased to 9,55,319. The daily positivity rate stood at 11.05%.

The nationwide toll increased to 4,84,655 as 442 persons died due to the infection in the last 24 hours.

As many as 60,405 people recovered from the disease on Wednesday, taking the total to 3,46,30,536. The recovery rate stood at 96.01%.

Cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus rose to 4,868 from Tuesday’s tally of 4,461 infections. The new strain is now present in all 28 states.

The most number of Omicron cases have been reported from Maharashtra (1,281) followed by Rajasthan (645) and Delhi (546). A total of 1,805 people have recovered or have been discharged from hospitals after having tested negative for the variant.

Omicron is taking over the Delta variant of the virus and becoming the dominant strain around the world, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization.

The World Health Organization said that health experts may have to update existing vaccines to target emerging variants like Omicron, The Guardian reported. The global health body warned that repeating booster doses of the same…

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