New Delhi: India on Thursday witnessed its biggest single-day jump of 495 omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new version of the coronavirus to 2,630, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of 797, followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan 236, Kerala 234, Karnataka 226, Gujarat 204 and Tamil Nadu 121.
The country reported 90,928 fresh coronavirus infections, the highest in 200 days, pushing its caseload to 3,51,09,286, the data said.
On June 10 last year, 91,702 new infections were reported.
The death toll rose to 4,82,876 with 325 deaths, the ministry said.
The number of active cases stands at 2,85,401, comprising 0.81 per cent of the total infections.
An increase of 71,397 cases was recorded in the active caseload in a single day.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has come down to 97.81 per cent, it said.
According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.43 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.47 per cent.
The number of people recovering from the disease increased to 3,43,41,009. The ministry said the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.38 per cent.
The cumulative dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded 148.67 crore.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. 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.
The 325 new people include 258 from Kerala and 17 from West Bengal.
So far 4,82,876 deaths have been reported in the country, including 1,41,581 from Maharashtra, 48,895 from Kerala, 38,357 from Karnataka, 36,814 from Tamil Nadu, 25,121 from Delhi, 22,916 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,827 from West Bengal.
The health ministry insisted that over 70 per cent of the deaths were due to comorbidities.
“Our data is being collated with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website. The state wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation. PTI
