2,000 New Cases In India In 24 Hours

The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections!

New Delhi: On Saturday, 22 October 2022, India saw a rise of 2,119 new infections taking the coronavirus cases to 4,46,38,636, while the number of active cases has declined to 25,037.

The death count has climbed to 5,28,953 with 10 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the health ministry said.

A decrease of 473 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.13 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.97 per cent, according to the health ministry.

Delhi recorded 141 new cases of Covid-19 with a positivity rate of 2.04 per cent and no fatality, according to data released by the state health department.

With these new cases, the national capital’s Covid-19 tally has climbed to 20,05,104, while the death toll stands at 26,506, said the health bulletin.

On Monday, Delhi had recorded 61 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.61 per cent. The city reported 115 cases with a positivity rate of 1.59 per cent on Sunday. As many as 135 Covid cases were reported in Delhi with a positivity rate of 2.12 per cent Saturday and the day before, there were 112 infections with a positivity rate of 1.75 per cent.

As many as 6906 tests were conducted Monday out of which 4304 were RT PCR tests and 2602 were rapid antigen tests.