India’s daily COVID tally drops to 83,876; positivity rate down to 7.25%

In a welcome relief, India’s single-day COVID-19 caseload slumped to below 1 lakh with the country logging 83,876 fresh cases. India’s total tally now stands at 4,22,72,014, according to Union health ministry data updated at 8 am, Monday. The country’s single day infections had stayed above the 1-lakh mark since January 6.

The number of active cases in the country declined further to 11,08,938, comprising 2.62 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 96.19 per cent, the ministry said.

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A reduction of 1,16,073 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.25 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 9.18 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,06,60,202, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent, it said.

In view of the fall in cases, the government has announced the resumption of full attendance in all offices from Monday onwards, albeit in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.

The government so far has administered 169.63 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

On Sunday, the Drugs Controller General of India gave emergency-use approval to the Sputnik Light vaccine, the ninth vaccine to be approved in the country.

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India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, 2021, and three crore on June 23.

(With inputs from agencies)