India sees 16,764 new Covid-19 cases, 220 deaths

A health worker speaks on everyone’s behalf, in Bengaluru. Pic/PTI

India saw the highest single-day rise of 309 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, taking the country's tally of such cases to 1,270, the Union health ministry said on Friday. It also recorded 16,764 fresh Covid-19 cases and 220 more fatalities due to the viral disease.

Of the 1,270 patients infected with the Omicron variant of the virus, 374 have either recuperated or migrated, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am. Of the 23 states and Union territories that have recorded Omicron cases so far, Maharashtra has registered the highest number of 450, followed by Delhi (320), Kerala (109) and Gujarat (97).

The daily rise in the number of coronavirus cases crossed the 16,000 mark after 64 days. The country had witnessed 16,156 fresh Coronavirus cases on October 27.
63 kids among 243 new patients in Mizoram.

Meanwhile, Mizoram has added 243 new cases of which 63 are children, a health official said on Friday. The northeastern state had registered 41 fewer cases the previous day. Mizoram now has 1,658 active cases.

3,48,38,804
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

4,81,080
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

91,361
Total no. of active cases in India

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