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Covid recovery rate highest in India, but Omicron tally crosses 400-mark

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While the rapidly surging Omicron Covid variant has crossed the 400-mark in India, the country has also recorded the highest Covid recovery rate since March 2020 at 98.40 per cent.

At present, India has 415 cases of the Omicron variant and several curbs have been imposed, including night curfews and limits on large gatherings across the country to curtail the spread of the new variant.

India’s active caseload currently stands at 77,032 — the lowest in 579 days. Active cases account for less than 1 per cent of the total cases at present.

As many as 7,286 recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours, taking the count to 3,42,23,263.

A total of 7,189 new Covid cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 3,47,79,815.

The weekly positivity rate (0.60%) has been less than 1 per cent for the last 41 days.

A total of 67.10 crore tests have been conducted so far.

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  • The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Kerala with 2,605 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 1,410 cases, Tamil Nadu with 597 cases, West Bengal with 550 cases and Karnataka with 405 cases.
  • Around 77.43 per cent of the new cases are reported from these five states, with Kerala alone responsible for 36.24 per cent of the new cases.
  • 387 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the total reported death count to 4,79,520.
  • Maximum casualties were reported in Kerala with 342 new deaths, followed by Maharashtra with 12 daily fatalities.
  • India has administered a total of 66,09,113 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,41,01,26,404.
  • A total of 11,12,195 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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