India records 1,41,986 new COVID-19 cases, 285 deaths; Omicron tally reaches 3,071

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New Delhi: India recorded 1,41,986 new COVID-19 cases, 285 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 4,83,463, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday (January 8, 2022). The active cases stand at 4,72,169.

An increase of 1,00,806 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The country also recorded 40,895 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,44,12,740.

COVID19 | A total of 3,071 #Omicron cases were reported in 27 States/UTs of India so far. The number of persons recovered is 1,203: Union Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/vaR12wqlng — ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2022

India logged 64 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to 3,071, according to the Union Health Ministry data. At least 1,203 have recovered, the Health Ministry said.

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of Omicron cases at 876, followed by Delhi at 513, Karnataka at 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala at 284 and Gujarat at 204. 

A total of 27 states and Union territories have reported cases of the new variant, namely Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Manipur and Punjab.

The Ministry informed that India`s active caseload accounts for 1.34 percent of the country`s total cases. The weekly positivity rate is at 5.66 percent, while the daily positivity rate is at 9.28 percent.

India conducted 15,29,948 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, and so far the country has conducted 68,84,70,959 tests as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.

India has administered a total of 150.06 crore vaccine doses so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive. The COVID vaccination drive began on January 16, 2021. Cumulatively, 1,50,61,92,903 people have been vaccinated so far in the country of which 90,59,360 were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.