Covid-19 fourth wave scare: India logs in 3,805 fresh cases, 22 fatalities
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New Delhi: Registering a steady rise in Covid-19 cases, India on Saturday reported 3,805 fresh Covid-19 cases, according to the updated Union Health Ministry data.
The total coronavirus tally now stands at 4,30,98,743. The country also recorded 22 covid-related fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,24,024.
According to the Health Ministry, the daily positivity rate stood at 1.07 percent, while the weekly positivity rate was 0.70 percent.
Notably, the county's active cases also increased to 20,303 on Saturday, the Health Ministry data further revealed.
Meanwhile, a resolution was passed at the conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) on Friday strongly objecting to the WHO's estimates of 4.7 million Covid-19-linked deaths in India. This is the highest number in the world, that's 10 times the official figures, and accounts for almost a third of Covid deaths globally, says the report.
The resolution stated that the modeling methodology used to reach the figure is "flawed" and that the WHO estimate is "unacceptable" to India as the country records Covid deaths systematically following a transparent and legal process, official sources said.
The recovery rate in the country was reported at 98.74 percent. This comes as 3,168 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours taking the count of total recoveries from Coronavirus to 4,25,54,416. The government data further informed that as many as 4,87,544 tests to detect Covid-19 were carried out in the last 24 hours, registering a daily positivity rate of 0.78 per cent. The weekly positivity rate is at 0.79 per cent.
On the vaccination front, the Health Ministry said that 190 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.