According to the data, of the new cases, the highest were reported from Karnataka with 76 cases, Maharashtra 40 and West Bengal 18.
A total of 198 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Of the new cases, 48 were reported from Karnataka, 40 from Maharashtra and 19 from West Bengal.
The total recovery stood at 4,44,87,992. The active cases in the country stands at 2,041.
As many as 605 new Covid cases were reported in the country during the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
In addition, two more deaths were registered during the last 24 hours, raising the overall death toll to 30,349.
Interestingly in January 2022, while the Omicron variant represented 92 per cent of the samples, 4 per cent were of Delta and the rest were of other variants.
A total of 181.89 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive, the Ministry said.
From today, fines for not wearing a face mask have been reduced to Rs 500 from Rs 2,000 earlier.
The number of total active Covid cases in the state stood at 6,488. The positivity rate for the day stood at 0.69 per cent and case fatality rate for the day has been 4.64 per cent.
