The overall Covid caseload surged to 37,122,164 on Sunday, which includes 7,743 Omicron variant cases, according to the latest data by the Union Health Ministry on coronavirus.
With 1,702 cases of new variant of coronavirus in the past day, India saw a rise of 28.17% in its Omicron tally.
The daily deaths due to infection stood at 314.
The total number of people who have recovered from coronavirus infection so far has risen to 3,50,85,721.
The state reported 23 deaths due to Covid infection.
The daily Covid cases also declined in West Bengal yesterday.
However, Karnataka saw a big jump in its daily Covid tally on Saturday.
Karnataka logged 32,793 new cases of Covid-19, and seven fatalities, taking the tally to 31,86,040 and the death toll to 38,418.
At present, India is witnessing a massive surge in its daily case tally that coincides with a higher rate of testing.
According to the data by the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in the past 24 hours, 16,65,404 Covid tests were conducted!
Since the beginning of the pandemic, India has conducted 70,24,48,838 Covid tests as per the ICMR data.