India crossed a grim milestone as the country’s Omicron tally reached the 5,000-mark on Thursday, according to a morning update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, revealing that the country has registered 5,488 cases of the new Covid-19 variant. have done. Today.
This is the highest single-day jump of 620 cases of omicron type cases observed in the country so far, taking the total number of such cases to 5,488, of which 2,162 people have been cured or migrated so far.
Additionally, India has recorded 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 3,63,17,927, according to data from the Union Health Ministry, according to the Omicron version. of 5,488 cases. on Thursday.
Active cases have risen to 11,17,531, the highest in 216 days, while the death toll has risen to 4,85,035 with 380 fresh deaths, data updated at 8 am.
Maharashtra reported the maximum number of cases of Omicron type at 1,367, followed by 792 in Rajasthan, 549 in Delhi, 486 in Kerala and 479 in Karnataka. Active cases comprise 3.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has come down to 95.59 per cent. percent, the ministry said.
A total of 2,57,299 coronavirus infections were recorded in a single day on May 21. The active Covid-19 caseload has registered an increase of 1,62,212 cases in a 24-hour period.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed 20 lakhs on August 7, 2020, 30 lakhs on 23rd August, 40 lakhs on 5th September and 50 lakhs on 16th September. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. , 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the one crore mark on 19 December. India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on 4 May and 30 million on 23 June.
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