India reports 1.49 lakh new covid cases
India reported 1.49 lakh new Covid cases today, 13% lower than yesterday. The positivity rate fell to 9.2%.
The active cases constitute 3.42 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.39 per cent, the health ministry said.
Under the nationwide vaccination drive, 167.87 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far, the health ministry said yesterday.
A comparatively younger population with an average age of 44 years has been infected more in this Covid wave, the government said on Thursday, highlighting there was significantly less use of drugs for treatment this time.
Addressing the weekly press conference, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava said in this Covid wave, sore throat was seen more in the patients.
A slightly younger population having an average age of 44 years was infected more in this wave in comparison to the previous ones, he said.
In the earlier waves, the average age of the section of the population infected was 55 years, Mr Bhargava added.