COVID-19: India logs 7,830 new cases, highest in 223 days
India on Wednesday reported 7,830 new cases of COVID-19, the highest in 223 days and a sharp rise from Tuesday's count of 5,676 infections, as per the Union Health Ministry's data. Notably, the country recorded 7,946 COVID-19 cases in a single day on September 1 last year. Meanwhile, the active caseload was recorded at 40,215.
230 patients contracted XBB1.16.1 sub-variant of Omicron
In the last 24 hours, 16 new deaths were also reported, taking the death toll to 5,31,016. According to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), 1,774 cases of the XBB.1.16 variant have been found in 22 states and union territories. Of the infected people, 230 have contracted XBB1.16.1, the mutated sub-variant of Omicron.
220.66 crore vaccine doses administered until now
Moreover, India's recovery rate was recorded at 98.72%, while the daily positivity rate and weekly positivity rate were recorded at 3.65% and 3.83%, respectively. So far, the government has administered over 220.66 crore doses of vaccines against the disease. The country has recorded a total of 4,47,76,002 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began more than three years ago.
