COVID-19 positivity rate above 7% after 168 days, says govt

With 16,866 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, Number of COVID-19 cases in India The daily positivity rate rose to 4,39,05,621 after a gap of 168 days, while the daily positivity rate crossed 7%, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Monday.

Active cases have come down to 1,50,877, while the death toll has risen to 5,26,074 with 41 new deaths, data updated at 8 am.

Active cases comprise 0.34% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.46%, the health ministry said.

A decrease of 1,323 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.03%. According to the health ministry, the weekly positivity rate was 4.49%.

A total of 87.27 crore tests have been conducted with 2,39,751 tests conducted in a span of 24 hours.

The number of cured people rose to 4,32,28,670, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20%. According to the ministry, 202.17 crore doses of Kovid vaccine have been given in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination campaign.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. , 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and crossed the one crore mark on December 19, 2022. India crossed the 20 million mark on 4th May, 3 crores on 23rd June last year and 4 crores on January. 25 this year.

Of the 41 new people, 13 are from Kerala, six each from Maharashtra and West Bengal, four from Punjab, two each from Delhi and Sikkim and one each from Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. Are included.