India logs over 3.37 lakh new Covid cases, Omicron tally jumps to 10,050

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New Delhi, Jan 22, 2022: India has logged 3,37,704 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, while the country’s Omicron tally has jumped to 10,050 -- up by 3.69 per cent from yesterday. The new Covid cases show a slight dip as the country reported 3,47,254 new cases on Friday.

 

India’s active caseload currently stands at 21,13,365 at 5.43 per cent, while the recovery rate is 93.31 per cent. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 17.22 per cent.

A total of 2,42,676 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total to 3,63,01,482

Around 61.16 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

TOP DEVELOPMENTS

    * The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Maharashtra with 48,270 cases, followed by Karnataka with 48,049 cases, Kerala with 41,668 cases, Tamil Nadu with 29,870 cases and Gujarat with 21,225 cases.

    * Around 56.0 per cent of the new cases are reported from these five states, with Maharashtra alone responsible for 14.29% of the new cases.

    * A total of 488 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the total reported death count to 4,88,884.

    * India has administered a total of 67,49,746 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,61,16,60,078.

    * A total of 19,60,954 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Courtesy:India Today