India Reports 7,992 New Coronavirus Cases Along With 9,265 Recoveries & 393 Deaths

Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 infections from the Omicron variant have touched 32.

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New Delhi: India on Saturday 7,992 new Coronavirus cases along with 9,265 recoveries and 393 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active caseload currently stands at 93,277 - lowest in 559 days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.

Meanwhile, 131.99 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far.

The active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.27 per cent which is the lowest since March 2020.

The recovery rate is currently at 98.36 per cent, highest since March 2020. With 9,265 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total persons recovered have reached 3,41,14,331.

Daily positivity rate (0.64 per cent) is less than 2 per cent for last 68 days and Weekly Positivity Rate (0.71 per cent) less than 1 per cent for last 27 days.

65.46 crore total tests have been conducted so far.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 infections from the Omicron variant touched 32 on Friday after seven new infections of the highly mutated coronavirus were detected in Maharashtra and two more in Gujarat.

With this, the tally has reached 17 in Maharashtra, followed by nine cases in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka, and one in Delhi, according to the news agency PTI report. A three-and-half-year-old girl from Pune district was among the seven new Omicron cases from Maharashtra, according to an official release, in what could be the youngest person from the country infected by the new COVID strain.

While four of the seven new people detected with the variant in Pune district are known to three women travellers from Nigeria of Indian origin, who were earlier confirmed to be infected with Omicron variant, informed an official.

Gujarat also reported two new Omicron cases.

"25 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in India -- 10 in Maharashtra, nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka, and one in Delhi. Omicron cases detected comprise less than 0.04 per cent of total variants detected. All detected cases have mild symptoms," Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said while addressing a press conference. The total number did not include the seven new Omicron cases reported in the evening from Maharashtra.