India reported 83,876 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 7.25%. This is the first time since January 6 that India's daily Covid tally did not cross the 1-lakh mark.
Daily Covid infections in India dropped by 12 per cent as the country reported 2.51 lakh new cases today. The positivity rate is down from 19.59% to 15.88% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.47 per cent.
Finally breaking a five-day streak of reporting over three lakh daily Covid cases, India today recorded 2,55,874 new coronavirus cases, 16.39 per cent lower than yesterday's 3.06 lakh figure.
India reported over three lakh new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was eight per cent lower than a day before, data released by the government showed.
India added nearly 3.50 lakh new Covid cases today, a nine percent jump from yesterday's 3.17 lakh cases which was also the highest in eight months. With a tally of 3.85 crore cases, India is the second worst-hit country after the US.
India's daily Covid graph saw a worrying upward curve today as the country added 3.17 lakh Covid cases - a new high in the third wave - taking the tally to 3.82 crore. At the global level, India is the second worst-hit country after the US.
India reported 1,94,720 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 15.8 per cent higher than yesterday's 1.68 lakh cases. The daily positivity rate - or number of people infected per 100 tests - is 11.5 per cent, this morning's government data shows.
India reported 90,928 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 56 per cent higher than yesterday's 58,097 cases. The country has 2,630 cases of the Omicron variant - the most in Maharashtra with 797 cases, followed by Delhi with 465 cases.
'Incorrect': HealthMin on reports alleging Centre has not placed fresh order for COVID-19 vaccines
Ministry says as of May 2, Centre has provided more 16.54 crore vaccine doses to states/UTs for free. Over 78 lakh doses are still available with states/UTs to be administered and over 56 lakh doses will be received in next three days
BusinessToday.In | May 3, 2021 | Updated 16:22 IST
"To say that fresh orders have not been placed by the Government of India is not correct," says the health ministry
The health and family welfare ministry has denied media reports that said it has not placed any fresh order for Covid-19 vaccines with the vaccine manufacturers. The government said news reports that suggested the last order placed with the two vaccine makers (100 million doses with SII and 20 million doses with Bharat Biotech) was only in March 2021, are "completely incorrect" and not based on facts.