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Coronavirus India Live Updates: India Records 1,68,063 Cases, 277 Deaths
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The active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death count climbed to 4,84,213 with 277 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death count climbed to 4,84,213 with 277 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Of the total 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, 1,711 people have recovered or migrated so far.
The active cases comprise 2.29 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 96.36 per cent, the ministry said.