Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Reports 2.86 Lakh New Cases; Positivity Rate At 19.5%

India Covid-19 Cases: At least 72 per cent of India’s adult population is fully vaccinated.New Delhi: India reported 2.86 lakh new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the total number of infections in the country to 4,03,71,500. Yesterday, the country recorded a total of 573 new deaths, taking the total number of Covid related fatalities to 4,91,700.The active cases now comprise 5.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.33 per cent. The daily positivity rate – the share of coronavirus tests that return positive and considered a key marker of the pandemic’s status – is up from 16.10% to 19.59% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.75 per cent.India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 163.84 crore dose. At least 72 per cent of India’s adult population is fully vaccinated whereas around 52 per cent of children in the 15-18 years old age group have been inoculated with the first dose of Covid vaccine.Here are the LIVE Updates on coronavirus cases in India:Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.



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