Covid cases in India: Delhi also reported 5,760 new coronavirus infections on Monday.
New Delhi:
Having finally broken a 5-day record of reporting more than three thousand daily Covid cases, India today recorded 2,55,874 new coronavirus cases, 16.39% lower than 3.06 thousand cases. yesterday.
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New Covid cases reported today bring the total number of infections in India – the second hardest hit country after the US – to nearly 3.98 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data.
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Active cases in India now account for 5.62% of total infections, while the nationwide COVID-19 recovery rate increased slightly to 93.15%. Active cases currently stand at 22,36,842.
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The daily positivity rate, i.e. the proportion of coronavirus tests that come back positive – considered an important sign of the pandemic state – has fallen to 15.52% from 20.75% today past, while the weekly positive rate was recorded at 17.17 percent.
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The country also added 614 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic to 4,90,462.
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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed a dose of 162.92 crore. At least 72% of India’s adult population is fully immunized while at least 52% of children aged 15-18 have received their first dose. However, with the vaccine not being available for children under the age of 15, that age group has been banned from tomorrow’s Republic Day parade.
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Maharashtra added 28,286 COVID-19 cases, bringing the number to 75,35,511 cases, while 36 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,442,151. Mumbai reported just under 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, making it the lowest daily spike in nearly a month for the city.
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Delhi added 5,760 new cases, daily recharge amount, down 37% from yesterday’s figure (9,197). At 11.79%, the positivity rate (number of cases detected per 100 tests) was down from 13.3% a day earlier. The nation’s capital has seen a drop in the number of daily infections after seeing a peak on January 13, when it touched 28,867 daily cases.
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In the south, Karnataka reported 46,426 cases of Covid in the past 24 hours, three days after the state lifted its weekend curfew. A top government expert told NDTV that the state’s cases continue to spike because Karnataka doesn’t follow its testing policy. On the other hand, the daily Covid curve in Tamil Nadu shows a slight improvement with the state registering 30,215 new infections, compared to 30,580 cases recorded the day before.
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In its latest release, INSACOG, the Center’s research arm, said the Omicron variant is in the community transmission phase in the country and has become dominant in several major cities where new cases spike. exponentially variable.
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AFP news agency reported that the world recorded more than two million daily cases of coronavirus between January 1 and 7 with the number doubling in 10 days. The virus has killed more than 5.6 million people since its outbreak in China in December 2019.
