Over 7,000 Fresh Covid Cases In India, Sharp Jump From Yesterday

New Delhi: India added a single-day rise of 7,830 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest in 223 days, and the count of active cases in the country has increased to 40,215, according to the data released by the Health Ministry.

The death count due to the contagious disease has increased to 5,31,016 with 16 new fatalities – two each in Delhi, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, and one each in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Five virus-related deaths were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The infection count reported today – a sharp jump from yesterday when 5,676 cases were reported – has taken the total number of Covid cases reported in the country to 4,47,76,002.

The country recorded a single-day jump of 7,946 COVID-19 cases on September 1 last year.

Meanwhile, 234 cases of mutated Omicron sub-variant (XBB1.16.1) have been found across 13 states and Union Territories, including Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana, the data showed.

Active cases now account for 0.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.72 per cent, according to the health ministry website.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,42,04,771, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent, the data showed.

According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.