NewDelhi Feb 8 : As the Omicron-led third wave in India continues to slow down, the country reported 67,597 new COVID-19 cases, 1,80,456 recoveries, and 1,188 deaths on Tuesday, 8 February.
Active cases currently stand at 9,94,891, while the daily positivity rate has come down to 5.02 percent.
Meanwhile, schools were reopened on Monday, for students of Classes 9-12 in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, and Bihar.
There is no information available regarding the number of dead bodies that were dumped in the river Ganga during the peak of the deadly second COVID wave, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, 7 February.