The daily cases reported today were slightly more — 4,631 — than the previous day when the country reported 2,64,202 new infections, while the Omicron numbers breached the 6000 mark with an increase of 5.01% since Friday. The Centre said that asymptomatic contacts of Covid patients do not need to get tested.
The number of people who have succumbed to the viral disease so far has risen to 4,85,752 while the case fatality rate is 1.32%.
Union health secretary to attend meeting with chief election commissioner Sushil Chandra over rallies in poll-bound states, today: Sources
A total of 70.07cr tests have been conducted so far, including 16,13,740 in the last 24 hours