The number of Covid-19 cases in India has dropped significantly, with 2,51,209 new infections recorded on Friday.
That’s more than 35,000 fewer than the 2,86,384 cases reported on Thursday. The federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in its updated bulletin that there are currently 21,05,611 active cases, or 5.18% of the total number of cases.
The daily positivity rate also fell by 15.88%. It was 19.59% a day ago.
As many as 627 patients battled the disease and 3,47,443 were declared cured, bringing the total death toll to 4,92,327 and the recovery to 3,80,24,771.
As part of the national vaccination campaign, the country has so far administered 1,64,44,73,216 doses of the vaccine, including the first, second and immunization shots.
The ministry said that so far, more than 16.396 billion (1,63,96,46,725) doses of the vaccine have been provided free of charge to states and federal territories through the state direct procurement category.6666
It said there are 130 million (13,00,84,651) remaining balances and unused doses still available to state/UT authorities that have not yet been administered.
So far, 723,700 samples have been tested for the virus, the government said. Of these, 15,82,307 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.
States have slowly begun reopening their economies and easing restrictions imposed over the past month amid a recent resurgence of cases, fueled by the fast-spreading variant of Omicron. The government may also advise states to reopen schools.
Complete News source : Hindustan Times
