Corona third phase outbreak continues in India.For the second day in a row, more than three lakh new cases of corona were registered in the country.Between 8 a.m.Thursday and 8 a.m.Friday, 3,47,254 new corona cases were reported across the country.
Currently the number of active corona cases in the country has reached 20,18,825.This brings the daily positivity rate to 17.94%.In the past 24 hours, 2,51,777 people across the country have recovered from the corona, bringing the total number of people recovering from the pandemic to 3,60,58,806 so far.In the past 24 hours, the epidemic has killed at least 703 people.This brings the death toll from the corona to 4,88,396 so far.
According to ICMR, corona diagnostic tests in India have crossed 71.15 crore so far.Kovid tests were performed on 19,35,912 people in the past 24 hours.Corona diagnostic tests are being performed in 3170 labs across the country.Omicron victims make up the highest number of corona cases currently being registered in the country.As many as 160.43 crore vaccines were distributed across the country till 8 am on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health.So far 9,692 omicron cases have been reported in the country.
