Maharashtra logged 1,881 new Covid-19 infections and 8,432 active cases on Tuesday. Of the 1,881 Covid cases, Mumbai added 1,242 Covid infections--almost double the previous day's count.
India's financial capital had recorded 676 cases but no deaths on Monday. India's daily positivity rate increased to 1.67% on Wednesday whereas the weekly positivity rate surged to 1.12%.
As many as 194.43 crore people have been vaccinated so far. Separately, a woman in Pune (Maharashtra) was found positive for B.A.5 Covid-19 variant yesterday.
According to the latest report on Whole genomic sequencing from BJ Medical College, the woman recovered in home isolation. BA.4 and BA.5 are subvariants of the Omicron variant circulating globally.