Coronavirus

The country saw a total of 67,538 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.03 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,19,10,984.

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The number of daily fatalities in the country has declined, with 657 patients succumbing to the viral disease in the last 24 hours.

WHO's incident manager Abdi Mahamud stated that 130 million cases and 500,000 deaths had been registered worldwide since Omicron was declared a variant of concern in late November.

Over 1.72 lakh people recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,10,12,869 and India’s recovery rate to 96.7 per cent.

Dr Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, contracted the deadly coronavirus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital in December 2019.

According to the health ministry, about 169 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered throughout the country so far. Until 7 pm on Friday, almost 42 lakh (42,95,142) vaccination doses had been delivered.

According to the most recent health ministry data, India's active COVID caseload stands at 16,21,603. The active cases account for 3.90% of all infections, whereas the national Covid-19 recovery rate is 94.91%.

With 2,54,076 recorded recoveries from infection in the previous 24 hours, the total number of recoveries reached 3,92,30,198. The country's recovery rate has also increased to 94.60 per cent, up from 94.37 per cent on Monday.

The meeting will be placed virtually at 11 am, and it is anticipated to be attended by poll-bound states' chief electoral officers and the health secretaries.