India records over 3.17 lakh Covid-19 cases in 24’hrs
NM Desk: Dhaka, Jan-20,
Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, a new high in the third wave, taking the country’s total caseload to over 3.82 crores.
According to the union health ministry data released this morning, a total of 491 people had died due to the lethal virus during the period that pushed the country’s total fatality to 4,87,693. In the global tally, India became the second-worst Covid-19 affected country after the US.
India has recorded nearly 2,83,000 fresh cases yesterday with 441 deaths. Today’s data said the overall count of highly infectious Omicron variants reached 9,287 with 29 states reporting the new strain.
The active cases have risen to 19,24,051, the highest in 234 days, and now comprise 5.03 percent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.69 percent.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 16.41 percent while the weekly positivity rate was 16.06 percent in the country.
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