India reported 7,447 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, said a health ministry update on Friday morning. Besides, 391 related fatalities took the death count to 4,76,869 in the country. The active cases currently stand at 86,415, which account for 0.25% of the total cases.
With 7,886 recoveries recorded over the 24-hour period, the total recovery count has increased to 3,41,62,765. The recovery rate currently stands at 98.38%.
So far, 135.99 crore vaccine doses have been administered.
On Thursday, India had reported 7,974 new coronavirus infections besides 343 fresh fatalities. Delhi on Thursday recorded 85 new cases, the highest in over four months. Meanwhile, Delhi recorded 12 new Omicron cases on Friday, pushing its tally of the new variant to 22 in the city. The total Omicron count in the country has crossed 100, with Maharashtra - at 40 cases - having the highest Omicron case count of all states.
