India reports 337,704 new coronavirus infections, highest in 237 days
- 22 Jan 2022
Gulf Today Report
India logged 337,704 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 237 days, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 38,903,731, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The related death toll saw a rise of 488 and now stands at 488,884, according to the latest data by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The Omicron cases jumped to 10,050 after an increase of 3.69 per cent since Friday.
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The country’s daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement today as the country reported more than 337,000 cases, which is around 2.7 per cent lower than yesterday. India is the second worst-hit country after the US.
The active cases have increased to 2,113,365, the highest in 237 days. The active cases now comprise 5.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.31 per cent. The daily positivity rate has dropped from 17.94% to 17.22% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 per cent.
