India reported 16,764 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 days as per the Covid bulletin released on Friday, a spike for the third day which has pushed the country’s coronavirus tally to 34,838,804.
The total cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 1,270 with Maharashtra and Delhi reporting 450 and 320 cases respectively, according to the Union health ministry.
With the administration of 66,65,290 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 144.54 Cr (1,44,54,16,714) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,54,27,550 sessions.
7,585 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 3,42,66,363.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.36%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for last 186 days now.
🔷India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 144.54 Cr
🔷More than 66 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
🔷Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.36%
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16,764 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseload is presently at 91,361. Active cases constitute 0.26% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,50,837 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 67.78 Cr (67,78,78,255) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.89% remains less than 1% for the last 47 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.34%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 88 days and below 3% for 123 consecutive days now.
The Ministry of Health has said that Delhi has the maximum number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in India. The rise in the number of new cases in the national capital has been observed for the past few days. Considering this, Delhi Chief Minister recently issued a ‘yellow alert’ These alerts are issued under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). But there are very few people who are aware of the parameters on which yellow and various levels of alerts are issued.
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The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has drafted guidelines that will help the administration to respond to the coronavirus. The GRAP mainly has 3 parameters – positivity rate, cumulative new positive cases of COVID-19, and average oxygenated bed occupancy. Based on these, there are four levels of alert that can be recommended in the national capital.
