The Union Health Ministry on Saturday reported that 6,041 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in India so far. The updated report further informed that India has reported 2,68,833 fresh Covid cases which is 4,631 more than yesterday, and 1,22,684 recoveries in the last 24 hours. So far the active cases are at 14,17,820, with the daily positivity rate at 16.66%Additionally, the country recorded 402 Covid fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 4,85,752. The Union Health Ministry notified that over 1,56,02,51,117 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered so far. The daily positivity rate was 16.66 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 12.84 per cent.

Source: Mint January 15, 2022 13:37 UTC