Covid 19: 2.67 lakh new cases, 398 deaths in last 24 hours

India found 2 lakh 67 thousand 331 new corona infected on Friday. 1 lakh 22 thousand 311 people were cured while 398 people died. In this way, an increase of 1 lakh 44 thousand 662 was registered in the number of active cases i.e. patients undergoing treatment. Currently there are 14.10 lakh active cases in the country. In the third wave, the active case has crossed 14 lakh for the first time.

The new variant has seen an increase of only 3 thousand. Earlier on Thursday, 2.64 lakh people were found infected. So far, a total of 3.68 crore people have come under the grip of infection in the country, out of which 3.49 crore people have recovered. So far 4,85,748 people have died. The total active cases touched 1 lakh on 31 December and 5 lakh on 8 January. In this context, the total active cases have increased to 14 times in just 15 days.

So far, 6,041 cases of Omicron variant have been confirmed in the country. On the other hand , the positivity rate was recorded at 16.66%.