India’s Daily Covid Cases Drop Below 1 Lakh (83,876) After A Month

New Delhi: India reported 83,876 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 7.25%. This is the first time since January 6 that India’s daily Covid tally did not cross the 1-lakh mark

The positivity rate was recorded at 7.25 per cent. Positivity rate is the number of people that test positive for Covid out of every hundred tests conducted.

The active cases comprise 2.62 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.19 per cent, the ministry said.