India reports 16,678 new Covid-19 cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours

According to the Union Health Ministry of India, India reported 16,678 new Covid-19 cases on Monday and Sunday, the country reported 18,257 cases. The Union Health Ministry of India has confirmed 14,629 recoveries pushing the total recoveries to 4,29,83,162 crore.

In the last 24 hours, India also reported 26 deaths taking the country’s toll to 5,25,454 lakh. At the same time, the active caseload stood at 1,30,713. Although on July 10, there were 1,28,690 active cases of Covid-19.

The active cases comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections. Furthermore, the current recovery rate in the country stands at 98.50 per cent and the daily positivity rate at 5.99 per cent.

The health ministry on Monday that as many as 2,78,266 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests undertaken so far in the country to 86,61 crore.

Meanwhile, the national capital, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra has seen a massive spike in Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Delhi reported 544 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. Tamil Nadu reported 2,537 new cases in the last 24 hours. However, Maharashtra reported 2,760 new cases of Covid-19.

New Sub-Variant of Covid-19 Detected in India

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed new Covid-19 sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant, which has been detected in India. In addition, BA.4 and BA.5 are driving waves in other countries like Europe and America.

“On Covid-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the last two weeks. Four out of six of the WHO sub-regions saw cases increase in the last week,” the news agency PTI qouted, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Vaccination In India

Moreover, as of now, India has administered 1,98,88,77,537 crore vaccine doses, and for the age group 12-14 years, over 3,74,90,962 crore 1st dose vaccines have been administered. However, in the last 24 hours 11,44,145 Covid-19 vaccines were administrated. Notably, the nationwide vaccination drive was started on January 16, 2021.

Madhvi Jha

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