Omicron Cases in India rise to 236, highest reported from Maharashtra

The total cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 has surged in India to 236 across 16 states and UTs so far, out of which 104 people have recovered or migrated, showed data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning. Maharashtra has recorded the maximum 65 cases of the Omicron variant followed by Delhi at 64, Telangana 24, Karnataka 19, Rajasthan 21 and Kerala 15.

The health ministry data also showed that India recorded 7,495 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total coronavirus caseload to 3,47,65,976, while the active cases increased to 78,291. The death toll has climbed to 4,78,759 with 434 fresh fatalities, the data stated.

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 56 days now.

The active cases comprise 0.23 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.40 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

An increase of 101 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.