Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka logs 25,005 new Covid cases, 8 deaths in 24 hours

Covid cases in India: India reported 2,47,417 new cases in 24 hours on Thursday. India has crossed the 2-lakh daily case mark for the first time in nearly eight months. A massive surge was detected in Rajasthan on Wednesday with nearly 10,000 new cases while 38 patients have been diagnosed with Covid at the Magh Mela in UP’s Prayagraj. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against treating Covid-19 as an endemic illness like flu, rather than as a pandemic, saying the spread of the Omicron variant has not yet stabilised. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates.