Covid-19: India reports 7350 new cases in the last 24 hours
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health on Monday informed that India recorded 7,350 new COVID-19 cases and 202 deaths in the last 24 hours. India logged a total of 3,46,97,860 and 4,75,636 deaths so far, as per the data released by the MoH.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.37 percent, the highest since March 2020. A decrease of 825 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours. The active caseload stands at 91,456.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.86 percent. It has been less than 2 percent for the last 70 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.69 percent. It has been below 1 percent for the last 29 days, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the new Omicron coronavirus strain which is now present in 63 countries, will surpass Delta in spreading speed.
“However, given the currently available data, it is likely that Omicron will outpace the Delta variant where community transmission occurs,” the document said.
(_Vinayak)
