India Reports over 3.37 Lakh Covid Cases

India recorded 3,37,704 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.

The country also logged 488 more deaths over the same period, taking the number of fatalities to 4,88,884, reports news agency Press Trust of India.

With the fresh cases, the total caseload surged to 3,89,03,731, which includes 10,050 cases of the Omicron variant, according to Union Health Ministry data.

The active cases have increased to 21,13,365, the highest in 237 days.

There has been a 3.69 percent increase in Omicron cases since Friday, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate stood at 17.22 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 percent.

So far, 161.16 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered, it said.