Coronavirus: India records more than 2.47 lakh cases – 172% higher since last week

India reported 2,47,417 coronavirus cases on Thursday morning, taking the overall tally to 3,63,17,927 since the pandemic began in the country in January 2020. The number of new cases was 27.06% more than Wednesday’s count of 1,94,720 cases.

Since last week, the infections have grown by 172%. On January 6, India had reported 90,926 cases.

The active cases increased by 1,62,212, taking the overall tally to 11,17,531. The daily positivity rate stood at 13.11%.

Over the last 24 hours, 380 persons died due to the infection taking the toll to 4,85,035.

As many as 84,825 people recovered from the disease on Thursday, taking the total to 3,47,15,361. The recovery rate stood at 95.58%.

Cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus rose to 5,488 from Wednesday’s tally of 4,868 infections. The new strain is now present in all 28 states.

The most number of Omicron cases have been reported from Maharashtra (1,367) followed by Rajasthan (792) and Delhi (549). A total of 2,162 people have recovered or have been discharged from hospitals after having tested negative for the variant.

Delhi has been recording an exponential rise in cases during the third wave of the coronavirus.

On Wednesday, the Capital reported 27,561 Covid-19 cases, the second-highest single-day count since the pandemic broke out. On April 20, during the second wave…

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