New Delhi: India has reported 7,447 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 86,415. The number of deaths reported in the last 24 hours was 391 with 7,886 recoveries.
The active cases account for 0.25 percent of the total cases which is the lowest since March 2020, as per the data released by the Health ministry. With this, the recovery rate stands at 98.38 percent which is the highest since March 2020 according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The daily positivity rate stands at 0.59 percent, i.e. less than 2 percent for the last 74 days. The total vaccinations have reached the 135.99 crore mark with more than 50 percent fully vaccinated individuals.
The reduction in caseload and increasing recovery rate can be a ray of hope for the country. However, the number of Omicron cases in the country can also not be denied given that it is spreading faster than any other variant according to the World Health Organization.
The Omicron tally has reached 83 in India with 10 new cases being reported in Delhi taking the daily hike of the national capital to 85, the highest in the last 137 days. As many as 13 Indian states have Omicron positive cases. However, no severe cases have been reported yet.
So far, Omicron cases have been confirmed in 77 countries around the world. And one death has been reported in the United Kingdom.