The surge in cases of Covid-19 in several parts of the world, especially China, has left India anxious. So what are the symptoms of the new Covid variant - BF.7? Is the situation in India different or similar to China? Expert shares his thoughts.
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.
Daily Covid infections in India dropped by 12 per cent as the country reported 2.51 lakh new cases today. The positivity rate is down from 19.59% to 15.88% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.47 per cent.
Finally breaking a five-day streak of reporting over three lakh daily Covid cases, India today recorded 2,55,874 new coronavirus cases, 16.39 per cent lower than yesterday's 3.06 lakh figure.
India reported over three lakh new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was eight per cent lower than a day before, data released by the government showed.