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India registered 3,17,532 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 249 days, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,82,18,773, including 9,287 cases of the Omicron variant, according to health ministry data updated Thursday.
The number of active cases rose to 19,24,051, the highest in 234 days, while the death toll rose to 4,87,693 with 491 new fatalities, data updated at 8 a.m. shows.
According to the ministry, the number of Omicron cases has risen by 3.63 percent since Wednesday.
Experts said it is not possible to perform genome sequencing of every sample, but emphasized that the current wave is largely driven by Omicron.
Active cases comprise 5.03 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has fallen to 93.09 percent, the ministry said.
An increase of 93,051 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a 24-hour time frame.
The country had reported 3,11,170 cases in one day on May 15 last year.
The number of COVID-19 in India had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. On September 28 it was 60 lakh, on October 11 it was 70 lakh. , crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one crore mark on December 19.
India hit the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
