India Sees 3 Lakh COVID-19 Cases In A Day After 8 Months, Positivity Rate Climbs To 16.41%

India registered over 3 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest single-day tally the country has recorded in the last 8 months. According to the data released by the Union health ministry early Thursday, the country registered 3,17,532 fresh infections in a day.

India also saw 491 more deaths due to COVID-19, pushing the nationwide toll to 4,87,693. With fresh cases and deaths, the active caseload in the country increased by 93,051 to 19,24,051.

Meanwhile, the number of infections due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus has surged to 9,287.

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[S-oi]

In this situation why they are conducting competitive exams like ibps on Jan 22 and 25. Most of the candidates around India are affected by covid. It's totally unfair.

[tanushreesahaujt]

And iit kgp wants to conduct gate exam 2022 on 5th feb putting lifes of 9 lakhs the aspirants at risk.