Covid-19 Cases In India: The daily Covid positivity rate stands at 7.42 per cent.
India reported 1,07,474 new Covid cases today, 16% lower than yesterday. The positivity rate fell to 7.42 %. The active cases constitute 2.90 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.91 per cent.
Here are the top 10 updates of Coronavirus in India:
- Since December, the number of Covid cases has been rising rapidly due to the new variant Omicron. India's active caseload currently stands at 12,25,011.
- There were 865 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The death count from COVID-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level many health experts say was breached last year but obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease.
- At least 2,13,246 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 4,04,61,148.
- The daily Covid positivity rate stands at 7.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stands at 10.20 per cent.
- The new cases were recorded after 14,48,513 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. A total of 74.01 crore Covid tests have been conducted in India till now.
- Nearly 169 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country, the health ministry said. Over 42 lakh (42,95,142) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Friday.
- Delhi reported 1,604 fresh COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 2.87 per cent. The national capital has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions further in view of a dip in the number of cases.
- Maharashtra reported 11,394 new cases during the last 24 hours. No fresh infection of the Omicron variant was reported in Maharashtra on Saturday, the health department said.
- Kerala reported 38,684 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours while 28 people died.
- The US death count from the Covid-19 pandemic surpassed 900,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. The count had hit 800,000 dead in mid-December, just a month and a half ago.
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