India reports nearly 2.5 lakh daily COVID-19 cases 

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 36,317,927 on Thursday, as 247,417 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country.

This is the first day when more than 200,000 new cases were registered in a day in the country in over eight months.

Besides, 380 deaths due to the virus were registered since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 485,035, said the country’s health ministry.

There are 1,117,531 active COVID-19 cases in the country, with a rise of 162,212 active cases over the past 24 hours.

A total of 34,715,361 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 84,825 were discharged during the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the Omicron tally has reached 5,488. To date, 2,162 Omicron patients have been discharged after recovery.

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