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India’s COVID-19 cases rise by 333,533 in last 24 hours—gov’t

/ 01:07 PM January 23, 2022

India's COVID-19 cases rise by 333,533 in last 24 hours—gov’t

A Health worker takes a nasal swab from a man to test for the Covid 19 coronavirus under a makeshift tent in Ahmedabad on January 22, 2022. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)

NEW DELHI — India reported over 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fourth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was slightly lower than a day before, data released by the government on Sunday showed.

India reported 333,533 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours with 525 dead, according to the figures released by the government.

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India’s total death toll due to COVID-19 now stands at 489,409, the health ministry said. On Saturday, India had reported 337,704 new cases of COVID-19 and 488 dead. 

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The government in the statement said the recovery rate for infected people currently stands at 93.18%.

Since the start of this year, different parts of the country are under varying degrees of restrictions to contain infections caused by highly transmissible Omicron variant. 

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India’s capital Delhi has imposed a weekend curfew and even though it was widely expected that Delhi will ease some restrictions, the local government decided on Friday to continue with the curfew.

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The federal government said it tested 1.87 million people in the last 24 hours and it planned to continue to expand its testing through the country.

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