7,743 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected so far in the country. A total of 70,24,48,838 samples were tested so far of which 16,65,404 samples were tested on yesterday
New Delhi:
India recorded 2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. The daily positivity rate is at 16.28 per cent. The fresh infections are 2,369 more than yesterday. On Saturday, India logged 2,68,833 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The total cases of COVID-19 infection in the country has gone upto 3,71,22,164, while the active cases stand at 15,50,377. Active cases account for 4.18 per cent of the total cases.
Meanwhile, 314 people have succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours. The death toll now stands at 4,86,066. According to the health ministry, 1,38,331 people recovered from the COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours taking the recovery tally to 3,50,85,721. The recovery rate is currently at 94.51 per cent.
7,743 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected so far in the country. A total of 70,24,48,838 samples were tested so far of which 16,65,404 samples were tested on yesterday.
156.76 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Mumbai on Saturday reported 11 new coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day toll since July 29 last year, and 10,661 fresh infections, the civic body said. As many as 21,474 patients were discharged, taking the total of recoveries to 8,99,358.
The number of new infected patients has been decreasing for the last three days, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) data. Further, only 722 of the new 10, 661 patients found during the day were admitted to hospitals, which raised the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to 5,962.
As many as 8,955 or 84 per cent of the new patients were asymptomatic.
The city on July 29, 2021, had reported 13 deaths and the mortality figure had started declining after that.
Mumbai had reported 16,420 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 13,702 cases on Thursday and 11,317 on Friday, thus showing a steady decline.
The caseload in the country’s financial capital rose to 9,91,967, while death toll reached 16,446, the BMC release said.