Covid-19 positivity rate spikes to 19.65%

Covid-19 positivity rate spikes to 19.65%

The country reported 2,58,089 new cases taking the active caseload to 16,56,41 and the weekly positivity rate is presently at 14.41%. India’s daily Covid-19 positivity rate spiked to 19.65%. The total number of Omicron cases detected so far in the country has gone up to 8,209, an increase of 6.02% since Sunday.The country reported 2,58,089 … Read more

Covid-19 Second Wave: Trend suggests virus infections slowing down but end still far away

Covid-19 Second Wave: Trend suggests virus infections slowing down but end still far away

The national capital which had been reporting a daily number of cases well past 20000 has now started registering a daily count well below 12000. Even as the crisis of the second wave of Coronavirus continues in the country, the Covid-19 tally in the last fortnight hints that the peak of the second wave has … Read more

Smell a RAT: The COVID-19 curve may not be flattening

Smell a RAT: The COVID-19 curve may not be flattening

On Monday, for instance, Delhi nearly halved testing levels from 62,669 a week ago to 33,733 while Bihar conducted 1.73 lakh tests, most of them using RAT kits. On Monday, India reported its lowest tally of daily infections in the last 20 days, adding 75,083 cases and recording 1,01,468 recoveries. In fact, over the last … Read more