Daily Covid positivity rate recorded above six per cent after 161 days
PTI, Jul 18, 2022, 10:48 AM IST
India logged 16,935 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,37,67,534, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above six percent after 161 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The active cases have increased to 1,44,264, while the death toll has climbed to 5,25,760 with 51 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.33 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 percent, the ministry said.
An increase of 815 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.48 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.58 percent, according to the ministry.
Over 86.96 crore total tests for detection of COVID-19 have been conducted so far with 2,61,470 tests being in conducted in the last 24 hours, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,30,97,510 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 percent. According to the ministry, over 200 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year. The 51 new fatalities include 29 from Kerala, five from West Bengal, three each from Assam, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Manipur, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu.
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