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India reported 6,563 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today, taking the total cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,47,46,838. India's active caseload currently stands at 82,267, the lowest in 571 days.

The country also reported 132 new Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total death count to 4,77,554.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the active cases in the country account for less than one per cent of total cases, currently at 0.24 per cent which is the lowest since March last year.

Jhansi: Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday slammed the Opposition and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not do politics by lying to the people.

Rajnath Singh flagged off BJP`s Jan Vishwas Yatra commencing from Jhansi and concluding in Kanpur.

Speaking at the Jan Vishwas Yatra here in Jhansi, Singh said, "We do not do politics by lying to the public. We do whatever we say. After Independence, many leaders made many promises to the public but did those leaders fulfill their promises? Perhaps India would have become the most powerful country in the world today."

Delhi today reported a jump of 107 Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since June 27, according to state government data. The city-state also reported 1 death, while the positivity rate stood at 0.17 per cent, the health bulletin said.

The national capital had on June 27 logged 259 cases, the infections have been on a decline since then.

On Saturday, the city reported 86 new cases, while 69 patients tested positive for Covid on Friday.

The jump in the daily cases has been recorded amid the omicron scare in Delhi. The national capital now has 22 confirmed cases of the covid latest variant that is deemed as "highly transmissible".

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has condemned the alleged sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and termed it a “conspiracy”.

In a statement issued Sunday, RSS Sarkaryavah (General Secretary) Dattatreya Hosabale said the public should be wary of the “forces that make society fight among themselves”.

“The incident of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which took place at Golden Temple Amritsar on 18th December is unfortunate. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh strongly condemns this,” he said.