Decline in COVID-19 positivity rate over past 3 days: Govt
   Date :14-May-2021

A COVID patient on oxygen
 A COVID patient on oxygen support waits for admission in
a hospital in Kanpur on Thursday. (PTI)
 
 
NEW DELHI :
 
A plateauing in daily new COVID-19 cases and a slight decline in positivity rate have been recorded in the country over the past three days, the Government said on Thursday, but added 10 States still have a positivity rate of 25 per cent or more. According to the Government, number of districts with week-on week rise in COVID tests, yet decline in positivity rate has increased from 125 in April 22-28 to 338 between May 6 and 12.
 
Addressing a press conference, a senior official, also said as many as 12 States have more than 1 lakh active cases, while 24 States have more than 15 per cent case positivity rate. India has been reeling under a catastrophic second wave of the pandemic.
 
On Thursday, the country added 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of cases to 2,37,03,665, while the death toll rose to 2,58,317 with 4,120 daily fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning. The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.26 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.