India reports 3.06 lakh corona infections today
India reported over 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was eight per cent lower than a day before, data released by the government showed.
With the addition of 3.06 lakh cases reported today, the Covid tally in India – the second worst-hit country after the US – now stands at 3.95 crore cases.
The active cases now comprise 5.69 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.07 per cent. The daily positivity rate – the share of coronavirus tests that return positive and considered a key marker of the pandemic’s status – is up from 17.78% to 20.75% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.03 per cent.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 162.26 crore dose. At least 72 per cent of India’s adult population is fully vaccinated whereas around 52 per cent of children in the 15-18 years old age group have been inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.