New Delhi: With 22,775 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,48,61,579 today.
Also, the country saw 161 new omicron cases, thus taking the totall tally to 1,431, according to Union Health Ministry data updated this moring.
The active Covid cases increased to 1,04,781. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 4,81,080 with 406 new fatalities, the data stated.
The number of patients who have recuperated has gone up to 3,42,75,312. The cumulative number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far has exceeded 145 crore.
Indiaās Covid-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 2020; 30 lakh on 23 August; 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September; 70 lakh on 11 October; 80 lakh on 29 October ; 90 lakh on 20 November and the one-crore mark on 19 December last year.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore coronavirus cases on 4 May this year and the three-crore mark on 23 June.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.