Covid LIVE Updates: 8,774 New Covid Cases Recorded In India, 621 Related Deaths
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Covid LIVE Updates: New Covid variant, 'Omicron' which has been declared as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has triggered global concern.
India reported 8,774 new COVID-19 cases and 621 related fatalities on Sunday which pushed the overall cases tally to 3,45,72,523 and the death count to 4,68,554, according to the Health Ministry bulletin. During the same period, 9,481 recoveries were reported throughout the country. With this, the national recovery rate currently stands at 98.34 per cent which is the highest since March 2020. The active cases in the country stood at 1,05,069 on Sunday, the bulletin further showed.
New Covid variant, 'Omicron' which has been declared as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has triggered global concern. 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.
