India saw the highest single-day rise of 309 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, taking the country’s tally of such cases to 1,270, the Union health ministry said on Friday. It also recorded 16,764 fresh COVID-19 cases and 220 more fatalities due to the viral disease. The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 4,81,080 with 220 more fatalities, the data stated. The 91,361 active Covid cases account for 0.26 per cent of the total caseload. The number of patients who have recuperated has gone up to 3,42,66,363.

India saw the highest single-day rise of 309 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, taking the country’s tally of such cases to 1,270, the Union health ministry said on Friday. It also recorded 16,764 fresh COVID-19 cases and 220 more fatalities due to the viral disease. The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 4,81,080 with 220 more fatalities, the data stated. The 91,361 active Covid cases account for 0.26 per cent of the total caseload. The number of patients who have recuperated has gone up to 3,42,66,363.