India continued to report a massive spike in the daily number of COVID-19 cases and recorded nearly 2 lakh fresh infections in the last 24 hours. According to the data updated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at 8 AM on Wednesday (January 12, 2022), the country registered 1,94,720 new coronavirus cases and 442 related deaths. India's daily positivity rate has now jumped to 11.05% and the active caseload has increased 9,55,319.The country's Omicron tally has now also surged to 4,868, of which, 1,805 patients have either been discharged, recovered or migrated.