The National Capital on Thursday reported 28,867 new Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths in the last 24 hours, which is a 27% jump from Wednesday. The positivity rate stood at 29.21% in the capital. According to data shared by the Delhi government, the number of active cases is 94,160 cases. The Capital had recorded 27,561 new cases on Wednesday.India registered 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927, which includes 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.The country saw a single-day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far, taking the total tally of such cases to 5,488. The number of active cases have increased to 11,17,531, the highest in 216 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,85,035 with 380 fresh fatalities.
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