1,109 new cases of corona virus have been reported in the country. This is 7.3 percent more than the new cases reported yesterday, while 43 people have lost their lives in the country due to coronavirus during this period. According to the data of the Union Health Ministry, so far more than 4,30,33,067 cases of corona have been reported in the country and the number of active cases has come down to 11,492. At the same time, a total of 5,21,573 people have lost their lives due to corona in the country.
The recovery rate in the country is more than 98 percent: The recovery rate of people recovering from corona virus in the country still remains above 98.76 percent while the number of active patients of corona remains at 0.03 percent. Compared to the previous day, 147 active corona patients have decreased in the country.
According to the data released by the ministry, the daily positivity rate in the country has exceeded the weekly positivity rate. The daily positivity rate is 0.24 while the weekly positivity rate is 0.23 percent.
Maharashtra claims to have got new variant XE: On Wednesday, a 50-year-old woman who returned from South Africa was claimed by the Maharashtra government to have found new variants of corona. However, this claim was rejected by the Centre. On the whole matter, the state government issued a statement saying that it was confirmed with the help of Global Genomic Data (GISAID) but the Indian SARSCO-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) has confirmed the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) in West Bengal. We have decided to do genomic sequencing once again.
Corona vaccination figure crossed 185 croresSo far, more than 185 crore corona vaccines have been given in the country to more than 60 percent people of the country. Vaccination campaign has been started for 12 to 16 year old children also from this 16 March. After China, India has become the country with the highest number of corona vaccinations in the whole world.