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Omicron News Highlights: 48,905 new cases in Karnataka; Kerala logs 49,771 fresh COVID-19 cases

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Omicron News highlights: India logged 2,85,914 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,00,85,116, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 4,91,127 with 665 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases have decreased to 22,23,018 and comprise 5.55 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.23 percent, the ministry said. A reduction of 13,824 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 16.16 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.33 percent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,73,70,971, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.23 percent.

Omicron News Highlights: 48,905 new cases in Karnataka; Kerala logs 49,771 fresh COVID-19 cases