The case fatality rate is 1.22%; The 26 new people include 21 from Kerala, two from Odisha and one each from Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The case fatality rate is 1.22%; The 26 new people include 21 from Kerala, two from Odisha and one each from Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
India’s COVID positivity rate (CPR) again exceeded 1% after two months, as the country reported 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities in a day, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Monday. increase was observed.
This has pushed the country’s overall COVID-19 tally to 4,30,82,345 cases and 5,23,869 deaths.
The number of active cases rose by 408 to reach 19,500 in a span of 24 hours, showed data updated at 8 am.
At 1.07%, the daily positivity rate rose to over 1% again after more than two months, the ministry said. It was 1.11% on February 27. The weekly positivity rate was 0.7%.
Positivity rate refers to the percentage of all coronavirus tests that return a positive result. Higher positivity rate means higher transmission rate of the virus.
26 deaths
Of the latest 26 deaths, 21 are from Kerala alone. Odisha reported two deaths, while Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal reported one death each.
Active cases account for 0.05% of total infections. The health ministry said the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate is 98.74%. The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22%.