India reports 1,59,632 fresh Covid-19 cases, positivity rate 10.21%

India on Sunday recorded as many as 1,59,632 fresh Covid-19 cases pushing the active caseload to 5,90,611. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 10.21 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 6.77 per cent

The country tally of Omicron cases, the highly transmissible variant of coronavirus that is driving the latest resurgence in India and elsewhere, stood at 3,623. The union health ministry said at present, 27 states and Union territories have been affected by the fast-spreading variant.

Over 151.58 crore vaccine doses against the virus have been been administered so far in the country since the vaccination drive was launched a year ago.

Meanwhile, an IIT-Kanpur professor and mathematician, Manindra Agrawal, has predicted that the peak of the ongoing third wave in the country could go as high as 8 lakh cases in a day — almost twice the peak of the second wave.