New Delhi, January 23, 2022 (PPI-OT):India reported 333,533 lakh new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, with a tally of 39,237,264 crore cases, India is the second worst-hit country after the US. The daily positivity rate is slightly up from 17.22 percent to 17.78 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 per cent.
The active cases have increased to 2,187,205, while the death toll has climbed to 489,409 with 525 fresh fatalities, the updated data stated. An increase of 73,840 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 161.92 crore.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23, 2021.
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