India records 3.38 lakh new Covid cases, 488 more deaths
PTI, Jan 22, 2022, 10:19 AM IST
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New Delhi: India added 3,37,704 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,89,03,731, which includes 10,050 cases of the Omicron variant, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The active cases have increased to 21,13,365, the highest in 237 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,88,884 with 488 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
There has been a 3.69 per cent increase in omicron cases since Friday, the ministry said.
The active cases comprise 5.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has decreased to 93.31 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 17.22 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 per cent.
The data stated that 71.34 crore tests have been conducted so far and 19,60,954 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
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