India reports over 209,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, 959 fatalities

Healthcare workers carry a Covid-19 infected patient on a stretcher for treatment at a hospital, in Kolkata on 14 January 2022ANI

India reported 209,918 fresh COVID-19 cases and 959 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday.

With this, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country moved up to 41,302,440 including 1,831,268 active cases which account for 4.43 per cent of the total cases. However, the COVID-19 fatalities reported an upsurge as the country’s total death toll rose to 495,050. On Monday, the country logged 893 deaths from this virus.

As many as 262,628 recoveries were added in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 38,976,122. The recovery rate is currently at 94.37 per cent.

Of the 1,331,198 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, a daily positivity rate of 15.77 per cent was reported. Moreover, the weekly positivity rate stood at 15.75 per cent.

Under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, as many as 1.66 billion vaccine doses have been administered so far, the ministry informed.