The daily positivity rate is 5.46 per cent) and the weekly positivity rate stands at 5.32 per cent. Under the nationwide vaccination drive, 220.66 crore total vaccine doses (95.21 crore second dose and 22.87 crore precaution dose) have been administered so far. 📰 COVID-19 Cases in India Rises by 20%, 12,591 New Cases Reported in Past 24 Hours.
The daily positivity rate has almost doubled in the last one week and the cases are rapidly rising. According to Union Health Ministry data, at least 9,111 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours at a daily positivity rate of 8.40 per cent that was around 3.39 per cent last week.
The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,97,269). The active cases now comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.70 per cent, the ministry said. COVID-19 Surge: India Records 11,109 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours, Highest in 236 Days; Death Toll Rises by 29.
Hospitalisation due to COVID-19 occurred in 32 participants who received a bivalent mRNA booster vaccination and 541 who did not receive a bivalent booster vaccination. Analysis showed this to mean a 72 per cent reduction in hospitalisation risk in those receiving the bivalent booster. Pfizer Bivalent Vaccine Reduces COVID-19-Related Death Risk by 68% in Older People: Study.
Doctors say that most patients who test positive are taking virtual or telephonic consultations and the common symptoms that have emerged are cold, sore throat, cough and headache.