India reports 1,27,952 fresh coronavirus cases
India reported 1,27,952 new Covid cases today, 14% lower than yesterday. The positivity rate fell to 7.9%.
The active cases constitute 3.16 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.64 per cent.
Since December, the number of Covid cases has been rising rapidly due to the new variant Omicron. India’s active caseload currently stands at 13,31,648.
There were 1,059 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The death count from COVID-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level many health experts say was breached last year but obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease.
At least 2,30,814 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 4,02,47,902.
The daily Covid positivity rate stands at 7.98 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stands at 11.21 per cent.
The new cases were recorded after 16,03,856 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. A total of 73.79 crore Covid tests have been conducted in India till now.