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India records 2,208 new Covid-19 cases

Fri 28 Oct 2022, 12:10:21
New Delhi: With 2,208 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,46,49,088, while the active cases declined to 19,398, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 5,28,999 with 12 fatalities which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Three deaths have been reported from Maharashtra.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.77 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 1,423 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.55 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.12 per cent, according to the



ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,00,691, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

According to the ministry, 219.60 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

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.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year



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