NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India reported over 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fourth straight day although the caseload during the last 24 hours was barely decrease than a day earlier than, information launched by the federal government on Sunday confirmed.
India reported 333,533 new COVID-19 infections over the previous 24 hours with 525 lifeless, in response to the figures launched by the federal government.
India’s whole loss of life toll as a result of COVID-19 now stands at 489,409, the well being ministry mentioned. On Saturday, India had reported 337,704 new circumstances of COVID-19 and 488 lifeless.
The federal government within the assertion mentioned the restoration charge for contaminated folks presently stands at 93.18%.
For the reason that begin of this 12 months, completely different components of the nation are beneath various levels of restrictions to include infections brought on by extremely transmissible Omicron variant.
India’s capital Delhi has imposed a weekend curfew and although it was broadly anticipated that Delhi will ease some restrictions, the native authorities selected Friday to proceed with the curfew.
The federal authorities mentioned it examined 1.87 million folks within the final 24 hours and it deliberate to proceed to increase its testing by the nation.
(Reporting by Aftab Ahmed; Modifying by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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