Covid Cases Today: India Reports 1,17,100 Fresh Coronavirus Cases, Omicron Tally At 3007

India reported 1,17,100 fresh COVID cases while 30,836 recoveries were made, and 302 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours.

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The Coronavirus surge in the country is going on and the numbers have seen an unprecedented rise for a third straight day. After clocking nearly 90K cases on Thursday, the Health Department informed that India logged more than 1 lakh Covid-19 cases on Friday. 

India reported 1,17,100 fresh COVID cases while 30,836 recoveries were made, and 302 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours.

The Daily positivity rate is 7.74%. The active cases in the country are 3,71,363 while the total recoveries so far have been 3,43,71,845 and the death toll is 4,83,178. 

India's Omicron tally reached 3007 on Friday.

With the cases of Omicron surging across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the new variant should not be dismissed as mild.

COVID19 | A total of 3,007 #Omicron cases were reported in 27 States/UTs of India so far. The number of persons recovered is 1,199: Union Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/RVmygx7wX1

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2022

Mumbai Cases

In a fresh all-time one-day high, Mumbai today reported 20,181 new cases of COVID-19 taking the overall tally to 8,53,809. With four fatalities, the death toll was pushed to 16,388. Meanwhile, the active caseload stood at 79,260.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation informed that the positivity rate in Mumbai reached 29.90 per cent today. 20,181 samples tested positive out of the total 67,000 samples tested, it stated, as reported by news agency ANI.

Delhi's Fresh Spike Of 15,097 Cases Is Its Highest Since May 8, 2021

The national capital on Thursday reported 15,097 new Coronavirus cases, along with six deaths and 6,900 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Delhi's fresh spike of 15,097 cases is its highest since May 8, 2021. Meanwhile, active cases rise in the city have risen to 31,498. The Positivity rate has reached 15.34 per cent.