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India sees less than 3 lakh COVID cases for 3rd day, active caseload down to 22.02 lakh; positivity rate at 19.59 pc

Posted on January 27 2022, 06:22am

India sees less than 3 lakh COVID cases for 3rd day, active caseload down to 22.02 lakh; positivity rate at 19.59 pc

NEW DELHI: Registering less than 3 lakh COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day, India during the last 24 hours, recorded over 2.86 lakh new COVID infections taking the overall tally to over 4.03 crore. The death toll also climbed up to near 5 lakh-mark after more than 55 fresh deaths during the same span of time.

The total COVID-19 cases in India breached the 4-crore mark on Wednesday after 2.85 lakh COVID cases and 665 deaths in a day.

According to the data by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning, With 2,86,384 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,03,71,500. The death toll has climbed to 4,91,700 after 573 people succumbed to the deadly pathogen during the last 24 hours. The active cases, meanwhile, decreased for the second consecutive day and reached 22,02,472 comprising 5.46 per cent of the total infections. A reduction of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.33 per cent. The daily positivity rate - the share of coronavirus tests that return positive and considered a key marker of the pandemic's status - is up from 16.10 per cent to 19.59 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.75 per cent.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra added 35,756 in the last 24 hours, while deaths linked to the infection remained high at 79, the state health department said. Delhi on Wednesday logged 7,498 fresh Covid cases, a jump of over 24 per cent from the day before. The positivity rate was at 10.59 per cent. The active caseload in the national capital stands at 38,315.

In the south, Kerala logged 49,771 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday taking the caseload to 57,74,857. The tally on the number of people killed due to the virus in the state rose to 52,281 with 140 COVID-19-related deaths being registered. New COVID-19 infections in neighbouring Tamil Nadu dropped below 30,000 as it added 29,976 cases on Wednesday, pushing the caseload to 32,24,236.

Check state-wise list here:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands    545    8931    129
Andhra Pradesh    106318    2101685    14570
Arunachal Pradesh    3309    57199    284
Assam    37410    661084    6359
Bihar    12597    793024    12204
Chandigarh    6149    80164    1105
Chhattisgarh    29180    1065491    13779
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu    175    11071    4
Delhi    38315    1746972    25710
Goa    15719    214735    3630
Gujarat    128192    969234    10323
Haryana    39588    877399    10219
Himachal Pradesh    11141    248812    3961
Jammu and Kashmir    47969    362168    4635
Jharkhand    13908    405143    5286
Karnataka    357939    3257769    38705
Kerala***    301269    5421307    52281
Ladakh    1308    23684    223
Lakshadweep    267    10579    52
Madhya Pradesh    72224    841346    10591
Maharashtra    302572    7160293    142316
Manipur    3744    125561    2034
Meghalaya    2494    85556    1503
Mizoram    12703    152367    591
Nagaland    828    32412    708
Odisha    64487    1152239    8542
Puducherry    16298    138545    1915
Punjab    40319    670642    17081
Rajasthan    94148    1058893    9161
Sikkim    1928    35186    425
Tamil Nadu    213692    2973185    37359
Telangana    38023    705054    4078
Tripura    7108    91501    885
Uttarakhand    32895    369866    7501
Uttar Pradesh    80342    1876791    23106
West Bengal    67369    1891440    20445
Total#    2202472    37677328    491700

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