India reports 83,876 fresh coronavirus cases
India reported 83,876 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 7.25%. This is the first time since January 6 that India’s daily Covid tally did not cross the 1-lakh mark.
India’s active caseload currently stands at 11,08,938.
The active cases comprise 2.62 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.19 per cent, the ministry said.
The positivity rate was recorded at 7.25 per cent. Positivity rate is the number of people that test positive for Covid out of every hundred tests conducted.
The Drugs Controller General of India yesterday granted emergency-use approval to the single-show Sputnik Light vaccine. This is the 9th Covid vaccine approved in India.
169.5 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country, the health ministry said on Sunday.