India Covid update: 862 new infections, 1,503 recoveries in last 24 hours

India's active caseload currently stands at 22,549, which accounts for 0.05 per cent of the total cases. A total of 1,503 patients recovered in the last 24 hours that increased the total recoveries to 4,40,93,409 on Tuesday. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.35 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 1.02 per cent. India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 219.56 crore (2,19,56,65,598) as per provisional reports till 7am on Wednesday.

Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on March 16, 2022. So far, more than 4.12 crore (4,12,35,971) adolescents have been administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Similarly, the Covid-19 precaution dose administration for the age group 18-59 years also started from April 10, 2022, onwards, the official statement read.

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India's active caseload currently stands at 22,549, which accounts for 0.05 per cent of the total cases.

Notably, health concerns have risen in the country as World Health Organisation chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus was a matter of concern as it was immune evasive.

XBB, a recombinant lineage between two Omicron sublineages BJ.1 and BA.2.75, is a fast-spreading variant, which was seen to have caused a spike across Singapore recently.

Last week, a high-level meeting of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya with the senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's new sub-variants concluded with the decision to continue masks and COVID-appropriate behavior across the country.

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-PTC News with ANI inputs