India’s daily Covid-19 totals fell slightly, with 258,089 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative total to more than 37.3 million, the Union Health Ministry data showed on Monday. The death toll, on the other hand, continues to trend upward, with as many as 385 people dying from the disease in a single day.
Of these, there were a total of 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant, which are now present in all 29 states and federal territories.
Maharashtra had the highest number of new variant cases at 1,738, followed by West Bengal at 1,672.
The country’s active cases now stand at 16,56,341, or 4.43% of the total number of infections. The daily positivity rate rose to 19.65%, while the weekly positivity rate was 14.41%. The daily positivity rate showed an increase of nearly 4% from yesterday’s 16.28%.
Meanwhile, 1,51,740 recoveries in the past 24 hours bring the total recovery rate to 3,52,37,461. The recovery rate in India is currently 94.27%.
Complete News Source : Hindustan Times
