Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 6,990 New Cases In India, Lowest Daily Rise Since May Last Year
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India Covid LIVE Updates: During the same period, 10,116 recoveries were reported throughout the country.
India reported 6,990 new coronavirus cases and 190 related fatalities on Monday, pushing the overall case tally to 3,45,87,822 and the death count to 4,68,980, according to the Health Ministry bulletin.
During the same period, 10,116 recoveries were reported throughout the country. With this, the national recovery rate currently stands at 98.35 per cent, which is the highest since March 2020. The active cases in the country stood at 1,00,543 on Monday, the bulletin further showed.
New Covid variant, 'Omicron' which has been declared as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns across the globe. The variant was first detected in South Africa earlier this month. Since then, the new strain has already been detected in several European countries . 'Omicron' is said to be much more infectious than the Delta variant.
