India on Friday reported 1,17,100 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours as the Omicron variant continues to raise concern.
The country last registered over one lakh cases on June 7 last year when 1,00,636 infections were recorded, reports news agency Press Trust of India.
With the fresh single day infections, total caseload reached 3,52,26,386 which includes 3,007 cases of Omicron reported across 27 states and UTs, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Out of the total Omicron cases reported so far, 1,199 people have recovered or migrated.
Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 876 cases followed by Delhi at 465, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284, and Gujarat 204.
The number of active cases in the country rose to 3,71,363, the highest in around 120 days, according to the data updated at 8:00am.
The death toll climbed to 4,83,178 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data said.
India's Covid tally had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 this year.
