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Randeep Singh Surjewala
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Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala tests COVID-19 positive

| @indiablooms | Jan 05, 2022, at 06:51 pm

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday confirmed he has tested COVID-19 positive.

"After experiencing symptoms like mild fever and cold last night, I got myself tested and am Covid positive," he tweeted.

"I would request everyone who came in contact with me over last 24 hours to take appropriate precautions and get themselves tested," he said.

India's daily case count witnessed yet another day of jump as 58,097 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

The country had recorded 37,379 fresh cases on Tuesday.

India also recorded 2,135 Omicron cases in the past 24 hours period.

India's active caseload currently stands at 2,14,004.

The country also registered 534 deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours.

Active cases account for less than 1 percent of total cases. It currently stands at 0.61 percent.

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.01 percent.

In the past 24 hours, 15,389 people recovered from the deadly virus infection.

Daily positivity rate of the country now stands at 4.18 percent.

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