Covid-19: India records over 1 lakh cases for first time in 214 days

Friday, 7 January 2022newsdesk

India reported over 1 lakh daily Covid-19 cases for the first time in 214 days on Friday, taking the country’s total caseload to 3,52,26,386. With 30,836 recoveries, the active caseload stands 3,71,363. The death toll increased to 4,83,178 after 302 patients succumbed to the infection.

New Delhi, 07 January 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, India’s tally of Omicron cases rose to 3,007 on Friday, with Maharashtra contributing the highest number of new cases (876). Of the total number of Omicron cases, 1,199 people have recovered or migrated, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The second highest number of Omicron cases was reported in Delhi, where 465 people have contracted the new variant of Covid-19. Karnataka recorded 333 cases, while Rajasthan reported 291, Kerala 284 and Gujarat 204. Even with coronavirus infections shooting up in Delhi, no fresh case of the Omicron variant was added to the official tally released by the Union Health Ministry Friday. So far, Delhi has reported 465 cases of the Omicron variant, which is still second only to Maharashtra, that has seen 876 cases of the new variant, and recorded 79 cases in the last 24 hours.

Source - The Indian Express