Covid positivity rate above 7 per cent after almost 6 months

New Delhi, July 25

With 16,866 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of covid-19 cases rose to 4,39,05,621, while the daily positivity rate crossed 7 per cent again after a gap of 168 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The active cases have declined to 1,50,877, while the death toll has climbed to 5,26,074 with 41 new fatalities, the data updated at 8am stated.

The active cases comprised 0.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 per cent, the health ministry said.

A decrease of 1,323 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.03 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was 4.49 per cent, according to the health ministry.

As many as 87.27 crore tests have been done for detection of covid so far with 2,39,751 tests being conducted in a span of 24 hours.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,32,28,670, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.2 per cent.

According to the ministry, 202.17 crore doses of covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Among the 41 new fatalities 13 were from Kerala, six each from Maharashtra and West Bengal, four from Punjab, two each from Delhi and Sikkim and one each from Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh.