Covid positivity rate drops from 19.5 per cent to 15.8 per cent
Daily Covid infections in India dropped by 12 per cent as the country reported 2.51 lakh new cases today.
The positivity rate is down from 19.59% to 15.88% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.47 per cent.
The active now comprises 5.18 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.60 per cent. 400 districts have logged over 10 per cent positivity rate in the week ending January 26.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 164.35 crore doses. Ninety five per cent of India’s eligible adult population has been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine while 74 per cent are fully inoculated.
As many as 627 people have died of Covid during the past 24-hour period, according to the Health Ministry. At least 60 per cent of the patients who died during the current wave of Covid pandemic were either partially or fully unvaccinated.