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2.58 lakh new covid cases in India, positivity up from 16.28% to 19.65%

January 17, 2022
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Active cases now account for 4.43 per cent of the total infections.

New Delhi:
India’s Covid curve showed slight improvement today as the country registered 2.58 lakh cases, which is almost 5 per cent less than yesterday. According to the Ministry of Health, 385 people have died due to Kovid during the last 24 hours.

Here are the top 10 updates on Coronavirus in India:

  1. The country’s caseload is now 3.73 crores. This includes 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant that are now present in 29 states.

  2. Active cases now comprise 4.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has come down to 94.27 per cent. The daily positivity rate increased from 16.28% to 19.65%, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 14.41 percent.

  3. Maharashtra, one of the worst-hit states by the Covid pandemic, recorded 41,327 new coronavirus infections, 1,135 fewer than the day before, and 29 deaths. The total caseload now stands at 72,11,810 and the death toll stands at 1,41,808. Eight new omicron cases have been reported in the state, taking the number of such infections to 1,738.

  4. Delhi reported 18,286 COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths on Sunday, while the positivity rate declined to 27.87 per cent from 30.64 per cent a day earlier, according to health department data. State Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said that the city is operating three times more clinical trials More than the number recommended by ICMR.

  5. As per the new guidelines of the Centre, asymptomatic patients need not undergo the test. Also, laboratory contacts of confirmed COVID-19 patients need not be tested unless they have comorbidities or are above 60 years of age.

  6. The new ones include 158 from Kerala and 36 from West Bengal. Of the total deaths in the country so far, 1,41,808 are from Maharashtra, 50,832 from Kerala, 38,431 from Karnataka, 36,989 from Tamil Nadu, 25,363 from Delhi, 22,963 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,088 from West Bengal.

  7. There are a total of 1,47,492 children either lost his mother or father Or both the parents due to COVID-19 and other reasons, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said. The child rights body said the majority of children are between the ages of eight and 13.

  8. The nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 completed one year on Sunday, during which more than 156.76 crore vaccine doses were given. Lauding the vaccination campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it has given immense strength in the fight against the pandemic and has resulted in saving lives and safeguarding livelihoods.

  9. 10 richest people in the world double luck Poverty and inequality increased during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, a report said on Monday.

  10. The coronavirus has killed at least 5,480,481 people since its outbreak in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally compiled on Saturday from official sources.

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