Covid-19: Daily cases slip below 30,000

Union govt reported 28,591 new cases, 338 deaths on Sunday morning

India saw a single-day rise of 28,591 Coronavirus infections, taking the overall tally to 3,32,36,921, even as active cases declined by nearly 6,600 in a day to stand at 3,84,921, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday morning.

The death toll climbed to 4,42,655 with 338 daily fatalities reported on Sunday. The number of active cases declined by 6,595 in a span of 24 hours, constituting 1.16 per cent of the total infections, while the Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.51 per cent, the health ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.87 per cent. It has been less than 3 per cent for the past 13 days. The Weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.17 per cent. It has been below 3 per cent for the past 79 days, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,24,09,345, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

The cumulative number of vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 73.82 crore, according to the ministry. Kerala on Sunday reported 20,240 fresh cases and 67 deaths that pushed the total infections in the state to 43,75,431 and the fatalities till now to 22,551, the state government said.

‘20% fully jabbed in Odisha don’t have antibodies’

Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Life Science (ILS) said about 20 per cent of the fully vaccinated people in Odisha have failed to develop antibod-ies and may require booster doses. Odisha has so far fully inoculated over 61.32 lakh people. “While the antibody level is 30,000 to 40,000 in some COVID-infected people, it is below 50 in a significant number of vaccinated people. If the antibody level is 60 to 100, then we can say the person is antibody positive,” ILS director Dr Ajay Parida said. He explained that the inability to develop antibodies despite taking double doses could be due to individual difference in genetic order.

3,32,36,921
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

4,42,655
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

3,84,921
Total no. of active cases in India

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