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The total Omicron cases on Tuesday increased to 57 with eight new cases found in Maharashtra and four in Delhi. While the total tally increased to 6 in thecapital, it stood at 28 in Maharashtra.
In Maharashtra, out of the eight new cases three are women and five are men. All are in the age group of 24 to 41 years. While three patients are symptomatic,rest are mild. According to the Maharashtra Government release, none of them have a history of international travel. Out of these 8 patients, two are in hospital and 6 are at home in isolation. While seven were vaccinated, one was unvaccinated, the releasesaid.
Meanwhile, in the National Capital, one of the patients has been discharged. All of them had a travel historyto foreign countries and were transferred to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital from the (Indira Gandhi International) airport, as per agencies.
India reported 5,784 Covid cases on Tuesday with 252 deaths, as per the Health Ministry data. The cases have been lowest in more than 19 months.
The weekly positivity rate stood at 0.68 per cent, remaining less than 1 per cent for the last 30 days. The daily positivity rate was at 0.58 per cent whichremained below 2 per cent for the last 71 days and below 3 per cent for 106 consecutive days.
Covid cases in Kerala fell to 2,434 with 203 deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00 AM. Mizoram registered 320 cases with one casualty, while Maharashtra isshowing declining trend and the infections were at 569 with 5 fatalities.
Also, 7,995 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,41,38,763.Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.37 per cent, highest since March 2020.
Meanwhile, the country conducted 9.50 lakh tests during the previous day taking to a total of 65.76 crore tests done so far, as per the data. Further, Indiavaccinated more than 66.50 beneficiaries on Tuesday aggregating to 134.60 crore inoculations done so far.
Covid Table:
Source: Health Ministry
Till 8:00AM on Tuesday
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