National Covid-19 positivity rate declines to 4.49 per cent

A medic administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a woman, at a railway hospital in Prayagraj, on Friday. Pic/PTI

The daily Covid-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day with the country reporting 91,702 fresh cases, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 4.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 3,63,079 with 3,403 fresh deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed. The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 94.93 per cent.

The ministry informed that 38,21,170 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the states/UTs within the next three days.

The ICMR will start national-level sero surveys to assess the spread of Covid-19 and all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Union health ministry said on Friday.

Attacking the Centre, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said a lot could have been done, including procuring vaccines for all, with the money collected in taxes on petrol and diesel during the Covid-19 pandemic, but nothing was done.

In a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi said, "During the pandemic, Modi government collected taxes on petrol-diesel: Rs 2.74 lakh crore... What all could have been done with this money: Vaccines for the whole country (Rs 67,000 crore)+ oxygen plants in 718 districts+ AIIMS hospital in 29 states + Rs 6,000 as help to 25 crore poor people. But nothing was done."

2,92,74,823
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far

3,63,079
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

11,21,671
Total no. of active cases in India

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