India has reported 15,823 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is 10.5% higher than yesterday, when the country’s daily increase in Covid cases was the lowest since early March and the number of infections was 14,313. India also reported 226 deaths from the coronavirus.
Active COVID-19 cases in India accounted for 0.61% of the total number of infections, the lowest level since March 2020—the current active cases are 2,07,653, the lowest level in 214 days. The total number of Covid infections in India has reached 3,40,01,743, while the death toll has increased to 4,51,189. A total of 13,25,399 tests were conducted, and the cumulative number of tests was 58,63,63,442. So far, under the national vaccination campaign, the country has received more than 964,300 doses of Covid vaccine.
A panel of experts recommended that Covaxin (Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine) be used for children between 2 and 18 years of age. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.06%, the highest level since March 2020. There have been at least 22,844 rehabilitations in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of rehabilitations in India to 3,33,42,901.
The daily positive rate—the number of positive cases identified for every 100—is 1.19%, which is less than 3% in the past 44 days. The weekly positive rate in India is 1.46%. Delhi has reported 34 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. There are 365 active COVID-19 cases in the city.
Maharashtra has reported 2,069 new coronavirus cases and 43 deaths, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 65,81,677 and the death toll to 1,39,621. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu fell below 1,300, and the state recorded 1,289 infections, bringing the total number of cases to 26,80,857.
As the COVID-19 situation improves, Sikkim removed interstate travel restrictions during the holiday season, allowing people to enter the state without showing negative RT-PCR test reports or vaccination certificates at the border. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that Indian domestic airlines can now operate passenger flights without capacity restrictions. The new order will take effect on Monday, October 18.
News Source : NDTV
