With 27% surge, India reported 2.47 lakh new coronavirus cases today, whereas 380 people have died of Covid during the past 24 hours.
The country’s Covid tally stand at 3.63 crore including 5,488 cases of Omicron variant.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers over the Covid situation today. This is the second review meeting by the prime minister with a week.
On Sunday, PM Modi had to accelerate the vaccination drive for adolescents as a mission mode.
According to the Health Ministry, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 95.59 per cent and an increase of 1,62,212 cases has been recorded in 24 hours.
The total number of Covid-19 registered worldwide since the start of the pandemic topped 300 million on Friday, according to an AFP count based on official figures.
