200 cases of Omicron in India so far: Union Health Ministry

As per the ministry, the active caseload in the country now stands at 79,097; the lowest in 574 days.

According to the ministry, as many as 8,043 patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,41,95,060.

The country's recovery rate currently stands at 98.40 per cent, which is the highest since March 2020.

While the daily positivity rate stands at 0.53 per cent which has been less than 2 per cent for the last 78 days, the weekly positivity rate presently stands at 0.59 per cent which has been less than 1 per cent for the last 37 days.

As many as 66.61 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far in the country, stated the ministry.

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached 138.35 cr (1,38,34,78,1819), as per the provisional reports till 7 am today

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