New Delhi: India registered more than 58,000 cases in last 24 hours since Tuesday, January 4. A daily case tally this high was seen in the last week of March 2021 when India was approaching the peak of second wave of infections.Moreover, the daily positivity rate – the number of samples tested positive out of 100 tests conducted – was recorded at 4.18% for the country as a whole, inching closer to a positivity rate of 5% which is a matter of concern in the pandemic’s trajectoryThe weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.60%, according to Union health ministry data.Of the recent increase, 42,174 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Active cases now account for 0.61% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.01%, the health ministry said.The total tally of cases in the country stands at 3,50,18,358 and active cases were recorded above 2 lakh for the first time in about 81 days, according to data, updated at 8 am on Wednesday, January 5.A total of 2,135 cases of the omicron variant have been detected across 24 states and UTs, out of which 828 have recovered or migrated, according to the data.Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of omicron cases at 653, followed by Delhi at 464, Kerala at 185, Rajasthan at 174, Gujarat at 154 and Tamil Nadu at 121 cases.Watch: ‘South Africa’s Omicron Experience Should Reassure India’The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in India surged to 3,43,21,803, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.38%.The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 147.72 crore, the health ministry said.India’s COVID-19 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, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one crore-mark on December 19.The country’s COVID death toll climbed to 4,82,551 with 534 daily fatalities, the data stated, which 453 from Kerala and 20 from Maharashtra.Of the 453 deaths in Kerala, 30 were recorded over the last few days and 423 designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new Union government guidelines and the directions of the Supreme Court, a state government release said on Tuesday.A total of 4,82,551 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,41,573 from Maharashtra, 48,637 from Kerala, 38,355 from Karnataka, 36,805 from Tamil Nadu, 25,113 from Delhi, 22,916 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,810 from West Bengal.