Covid-19 positivity rises after 35 days
Over 3.09cr vaccine doses available with states
With 39,361 people testing positive for Coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of
Covid-19 cases rose to
3,14,11,262, while the daily positivity was recorded above three per cent after 35 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
Over 3.09 crore unutilised
Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals. The Covid-19 death toll climbed to 4,20,967 with
416 fresh fatalities.
The active cases have increased to 4,11,189 and comprise 1.31 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.35 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. An increase of 2,977 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 11,54,444 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 45,74,44,011.
The daily positivity rate has increased to 3.41 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.31 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,05, 79,106 while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated. Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 43.51 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 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. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
The 416 new fatalities include 123 from Maharashtra, 67 from Odisha and 66 from Kerala.
A total of 4,20,967 deaths have been reported so far including 1,31,552 from Maharashtra, 36,374 Karnataka, 33,911 Tamil Nadu, 25,043 Delhi, 22,750 Uttar Pradesh and 18,073 West Bengal.