Covid-19: Slight uptick in India’s daily cases

Wednesday, 19 January 2022newsdesk

India recorded 2,82,970 new Covid-19 cases and 441 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday, data updated by the Union Ministry of Health showed.

New Delhi, 19 January 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, the daily count is a slight increase from Tuesday’s 2,38,018 cases.The active caseload, too, has increased to 18,31,000, up from Tuesday’s 17.3 lakh. The daily positivity rate climbed to 15.13 per cent. Meanwhile, the Omicron tally has reached 8,961 — an increase of 0.79 per cent since yesterday, the Ministry said. With 50 per cent of the eligible teenagers vaccinated with the first dose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tweeted, “Young and youthful India showing the way! This is encouraging news. Let us keep the momentum.”

Source - The Indian Express