New Delhi

India has reported 7,495 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

In a statement it also said that 236 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in the country so far. Out of this, Maharashtra topped the list with 65 confirmed cases followed by Delhi with 64 cases and Telangana with 24 cases.

One hundred and four patients have recovered from the virus, taking the number of recoveries to 6,960 patients in the last 24 hours. The cumulative tally of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic now stand at 3,42,08,926.

As many as 434 Covid deaths have also been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll from the virus to 4,78,759.

India's active caseload presently is at 78,291, constituting 0.23 per cent of the country's total positive cases, the ministry said.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 12,05,775 COVID tests were conducted.

"India has so far conducted over 66.86 crore (66,86,43,929) cumulative tests," the statement said.

"While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate at 0.59 per cent remains less than 1 per cent for the last 39 days now. The daily positivity rate has been reported to be 0.62 per cent. The daily positivity rate has remained below 2 per cent for the last 80 days and below 3 per cent for 115 consecutive days now," it added.