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.
The state on Sunday had reported 585 cases while it recorded 602 on Saturday, implying that the pandemic is now on a steady downward trajectory in the coastal State. Of the 30 districts, seven did not report any infection in the last 24 hours.
The Coronavirus hotspot Khordha, of which Bhubaneswar is a part, logged as many as 206 contributing 35.21% of new positive cases while three districts did not report Covid cases in the last 24 hours.
With 318 people dead due to Covid in the last 24 hours, the total death count mounted to 4,46,368.
The state on Monday had reported 510 cases while it recorded 623 and 695 cases on Sunday and Saturday respectively, implying that the pandemic is now on a steady downward trajectory in the coastal State.
At present, India has 3,09,575 active cases, lowest in 184 days, as it declined by 8,606 in the last 24 hours, which is 0.92 per cent of the total infections
