New Delhi: India has recorded 5357 newly reported Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 32,814, Union Health Ministry on Sunday. With 44.9 million cases so far, there have been 530,965 Covid-related deaths in the country.
The daily positivity rate has reached 3.39% as the increase in the speed of testing is reflected in the increase in Covid cases.
The rising number of Covid cases is not doubling every 4-5 days, according to epidemiologists. Due to this, more than 5000 Covid cases are being reported every day.
The pace of Covid cases across the country has increased gradually, Karnataka has 1745 active cases while Kerala has 11,574 active cases. Maharashtra has 4360 active cases, Gujarat has 2155 cases, Delhi has reported 2232 cases, Tamil Nadu has 1703 active cases; So far 1807 cases in Himachal Pradesh.
With the increasing trend of Covid cases, the scientists said that XBB.1.16 is the Covid-19 variant responsible for the current surge in Covid cases. However, scientists say that people in India have developed hybrid immunity (due to vaccination and natural infection), therefore, the current COVID-19 variant will not cause hospitalization and severity as it is mild in nature . However, the government has advised people to wear masks in crowded places and not to complete vaccination doses.
Around 4,41,92,837 people have recovered from the infection, taking the current recovery rate to 98.76%.
Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry directed the State/UT government to follow a risk assessment-based approach to try and contain the infection. Health Ministry advises State Governments to monitor the status of COVID-19 at micro level (district and sub-districts) and focus on implementation of necessary measures for quick and effective management of COVID-19 while ensuring effective compliance Gave.
“The five-fold strategy, ie, test-track treat-vaccinate, should be followed with continued focus on adequate and proactive testing as per the guidelines, along with surveillance of new and emerging clusters of new Covid-19 cases Influenza-like tendency should be monitored. disease (ILI) and SARI cases in all health facilities or through dedicated fever clinics regularly to detect early warning signs of spread of infection,” the health ministry said, adding that there are some states which report high number of cases. indicating possible local spread of infection.
The country has conducted more than 1,57,894 tests in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 92.27 crore tests so far.
Under the Covid vaccination campaign, more than 220.66 crore vaccine doses have been given to people across the country so far. About 659 vaccine doses were given in the last 24 hours.
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