3.06 Lakh New Covid Cases In India, Positivity Up From 17.78% To 20.75%

Monday, 24 January 2022newsdesk

India reported over three lakh 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.

New Delhi, 24 January 2022

As per news report of NDTV, 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. 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 vaccine.

Source - NDTV