India Records 2.82 Lakh New COVID Cases, 44,889 More Than Y’day; Positivity Rate Rises to 15.13%

India's active caseload currently stands at 18.31 lakh, the Health Ministry said in its bulletin.

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 2,82,970 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, 44,889 cases or 18% more than yesterday, showed data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday morning. The country reported 441 fatalities, pushing India’s death toll due to the pandemic to 4,87,202, showed Health Ministry data.

The daily COVID-19 positivity rate climbed marginally from 14.43 per cent to 15.13 per cent. The country has so far reported 8,961 cases of the Omicron variant, an increase of 0.79% since yesterday, the Health Ministry data said.

India’s active caseload currently stands at 18.31 lakh, the highest in 232 days. The active cases stood at 18,95,520 on May 31 last year. the Health Ministry said in its bulletin. Over 1.88 lakh patients have recovered from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

Experts said it is not possible to undertake genome sequencing of each and every sample but stressed that the current wave is largely being driven by the Omicron variant.

The active cases comprise 4.83 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.88 per cent, the ministry said.