India logs 258,089 new COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 tally in India rose to 37,380,253 on Monday as 258,089 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country, said the county’s health ministry.

This is the fifth consecutive day when more than two lakh daily cases were registered in the country.

Besides, 385 deaths due to the virus were reported since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 486,451.

There are still 1,656,341 active COVID-19 cases in India.

A total of 35,237,461 people have been recovered and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 151,740 were discharged during the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, India’s Omicron tally has reached 8,209, as an increase of 6.02 percent was seen since Sunday.

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