COVID-19 Live: The country also reported 23 new Covid related deaths in the last 24 hours.
India recorded 6,298 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 4,45,22,777.
The country also reported 23 new Covid related deaths on Wednesday, taking the death tally to 5,28,273.
India's active caseload currently stands at 46,748 which accounts for 2.04 per cent of the total cases.
The recovery rate currently is at 98.71 per cent. As many as 5,961 recoveries were made in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,39,47,756.
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Odisha Records 214 New Covid Cases, 1 DeathOdisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,31,353 on Friday as 214 more people, including 30 children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said.
The COVID-19 death count rose to 9,186 as a 71-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Jagatsinghpur district. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said.
The state had recorded 286 infections on Thursday.
2 Covid Antibody Treatments No Longer Recommended By WHO: ReportTwo COVID-19 antibody treatments are no longer recommended by the World Health Organisation because Omicron and its subvariants have likely rendered them obsolete, according to a revised guideline published in the British Medical Journal.
In the same guideline update, WHO makes a conditional recommendation for the use of the antiviral drug remdesivir in patients with severe COVID-19, and a conditional recommendation against its use in patients with critical disease.
The WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts noted that antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are not recommended for patients with COVID-19.
Thane Records 108 New Covid Cases, 2 Deaths
Thane district of Maharashtra reported 108 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its tally of infections to 7,44,235, a health official said on Friday. With these cases recorded on Thursday, there are now 960 active cases in the district, he said.
India Records 6,296 New Covid Cases, 23 DeathsIndia added 6,298 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,22,777, while the active cases climbed 46,748, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death count climbed to 5,28,273 with 23 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 2.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.71 per cent, the ministry said.