India reports slight rise in Covid-19 cases with 3,720 infections
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
India recorded 3,325 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 957 less than the count reported on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With an alarming positivity rate of nearing 15 per cent covid-19 has already claimed 11 lives including a 15-yearold boy in the state during the last two weeks.
The State clocked 382 freshactive Covid-19 cases at a high7.1 percent test positivity TPR in the last 24 hours,said officials on Monday.
The active caseload stood at 53,720 which is 0.12 per cent of the total cases, the union health ministry said on Saturday.
Eight districts- Kandhamal (2), Nuapada (4), Boudh (5), Nabarangpur (7), Koraput (8), Kalahandi, Angul, Keonjhar (9 each) - districts are on the threshold of becoming Covid-free with single-digit active cases.
Except for those authorised by the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, all borders and checkpoints will remain closed.
The recovery of 11,982 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 3,37,75,086.
Four fresh fatalities took the death toll to 8,361 while the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) at 0.46% continued to remain below 1% for almost a month.
There was no loss of life due to Covid-19 and 49 patients who recovered after remaining hospitalised were discharged by their doctors.
