Restrictions in place, slight fall in India's daily Covid caseload

Rising weekly positivity rate remains a concern, may point to cases going undetected

India’s daily caseload saw a slight decline of around 6.5 per cent to 168,063 new cases on Tuesday with various curbs imposed across states kicking in and keeping public movement in check. However, the rising weekly positivity rate is a cause of concern, as it could indicate that a large number of cases may be going undetected. 

The weekly positivity rate has increased to 8.85 per cent compared to 7.92 per cent yesterday. A total of 277 deaths were recorded as of Tuesday morning, of which 166 were reported in Kerala. 

Meanwhile, over 1.8 million precaution doses have been given so far,