New Delhi:
India’s Covid curve showed marginal improvement on Tuesday as the country registered 2,38,018 new cases – 7 percent lower than Monday’s reported daily cases of 2.58 lakh, according to the health ministry.
In the same period, 310 people have died as a result of Covid, bringing the total number of deaths from the infection to 486,761.
The country’s caseload currently stands at 3.75 crore. This includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant. Active cases now comprise 4.62 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has fallen to 94.09 percent.
Meanwhile, cumulative vaccination coverage across the country crossed 158 crore doses on Tuesday.
Here are the LIVE updates on coronavirus cases in India:
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