India clocks over 90,000 fresh COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths in the last 24 hours

• India records over 90,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, a massive surge in the daily tally than yesterday.
• The Omicron tally in India also climbed to 2,630 cases with 995 people already recovered so far.
• Around 19,206 people have been recovered so far in the last 24 hours.

India registered a massive surge in the daily tally of COVID-19 cases, seeing a jump to 90,928 new cases from 58,097 cases yesterday, in the span of 24 hours. Around 325 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the last one day, revealed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.


Currently, the active caseload of the country stands at 2,85,401 cases, which accounts for less than 1% of the total cases.

Around 19,206 people have been recovered so far in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate also stands at 97.81%, according to the data by the Union Health Ministry.

The Omicron tally in India also climbed to 2,630 cases with 995 people already recovered so far.

Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate currently stands at 6.43%, and weekly positivity rate climbed to 3.47% as the country is witnessing a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases.

India has also administered 9.1 million vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, total inoculated 146.67 crore doses so far.

More than 18.43 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories to be administered, according to the health ministry as of Thursday morning.

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