3.9L cases added, most in 241 days

Health workers administer vaccine doses at the IIT-Madras campus, in Chennai. Pic/PTI

India logged 3,06,064 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,95,43,328, while the active cases climbed to 22,49,335, the highest in 241 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll has climbed to 4,89,848 with 439 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 5.69 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 93.07 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 62,130 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 20.75 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.03 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,68,04,145, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.24 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 162.26 crore.

Meanwhile, Delhi on Monday reported 5,760 new cases and 30 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 11.79 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.

The health bulletin showed 48,844 tests were conducted in the capital the previous day as compared to 69,022 on Saturday.

3,95,43,328 Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far
4,89,848 Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far
22,49,335 Total no. of active cases in India

No entry for unvaxed, kids at R-Day event

People attending the Republic Day parade must be fully vaccinated against COVID and children below 15 years of age will not be allowed to attend the function, a set of guidelines issued by the Delhi Police have said. They also said that people will have to adhere to all COVID-protocols.

Indore lab detects 21 cases of Omicron kin

Twenty-one cases caused by the Omicron variant's sub-lineage known as BA.2 have been found in tests conducted over the past 18 days at a private medical institute in Indore. Those infected include six children. The rest are fully vaccinated.

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