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India sees 3,116 new Covid cases in lowest daily rise since May 2020

Written by Kanishka Singharia | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Mar 13, 2022 10:23 AM IST

Amid the Omicron-driven wave, top cities in the country had witnessed a big spike in cases, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

India on Sunday registered 3,116 fresh coronavirus cases in the lowest daily rise in 676 days (since May 2020). The active caseload currently stands at 38,069 with the active cases constituting 0.09 per cent of the tofal cases (4,29,90,991), the health ministry said in its daily bulletin. to 5,15,850.

India logged 3,116 new coronavirus infections on sunday.
India logged 3,116 new coronavirus infections on sunday.

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The country saw 47 deaths in the last 24 hours, the latest data shows. The drop in daily cases comes weeks after the country was hit by a third wave, driven by the Omicron variant.

While the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 0.50 per cent, the daily positivity rate stands at .41 per cent. In the last 24 hours, 5,559 recoveries were recorded, taking the overall recoveries to 4,24,37,072. India has given over 180.13 crore doses of vaccine against Covid so far.

Amid the Omicron-driven wave, top cities in the country had witnessed a big spike in cases, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. This came ahead of the five state elections, triggering huge concerns. In the weeks that followed, the cases dropped amid strict restrictions.

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