Today, there are 1,247 new Covid cases in India, a significant decrease from yesterday's total.

  • April 19, 2022, 10:41 a.m.

New Delhi: India recorded 1,247 fresh COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, registering a huge drop of nearly 43 percent from yesterday.

The country logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections on Monday, a 90 per cent increase in new cases and a 165 per cent increase in positivity rates in a single day.

The Centre noted that Kerala reported its state-level COVID data after a gap of five days on Monday, which impacted the country's key pandemic monitoring indicators such as cases, deaths and positivity rate.

In a letter to Kerala's Principal Secretary of Health, Agarwal asked the state to "ensure daily updation" of Covid data.

Mr. Agarwal said the Centre has regularly emphasised the need for a robust reporting mechanism for monitoring state-wise cases and deaths on a daily basis.

According to the Union Health Ministry data, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,45,527 today, while the number of active cases increased to 11,860.

The death count climbed to 5,21,966 with one new fatality reported from Uttar Pradesh.

The active cases comprise 0.03 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 percent, the ministry said. 

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.31 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.34 percent.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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