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India logs 17,336 Covid-19 cases in a single day, highest in over 100 days, with 13 fatalities

The ministry said the Covid-19 daily positivity rate in India was recorded at 4.32 percent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.07 percent.

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India reports over 20k fresh Covid-19 cases, 49 fatalities in a single day, active cases rise to 1.43 lakh
ndia witnessed a rise of 4,294 cases in the span of 24 hours.

India reported 17,336 Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs, the country recorded the highest single-day cases in over 100 days. The ministry said the daily positivity rate in India was recorded at 4.32 percent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.07 percent.

India witnessed a rise of 4,294 cases in the span of 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 88,284. Active cases make up 0.20 percent of all infections. The Health Ministry reported that the nationwide Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.59 percent. The total number of infections in the country has risen to 4,33,62,294.

The number of people who recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours was recorded at 13,029, taking the total recoveries to 4,27,49,056. India saw a 30 percent jump in Covid-19 cases from the previous day.

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Maharashtra reported 60 percent of all infections. The state logged 5,218 new cases, which is the highest single-day spike in cases since February 11. Delhi reported 1,934 cases, the highest since February 4.

Along with Maharashtra, the other top 4 states that reported the highest number of cases today include Kerala (3,890), followed by Delhi (1,934), Tamil Nadu (1,063), and Haryana (872).

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya yesterday issued instructions for officials to continue emphasizing surveillance and whole-genome sequencing to seek for any potential mutations in light of the increased number of cases.

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India reports 5,676 fresh Covid-19 cases, 21 fatalities, check statewise list

The active cases in the country comprise 0.08 percent of the total infections.

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India reported 5,676 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active cases to 37,093. Covid-19 cases have witnessed a 79 percent rise in India in the past week.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs, the country also logged 21 new fatalities, taking the death toll to 5,31,000 since the pandemic hit. The fatality rate has been recorded at 98.73 percent.

While three deaths each were reported from Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan, two were recorded in Karnataka and one each in Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu besides six reconciled by Kerala.

As per the updated data, the active cases in the country comprise 0.08 percent of the total infections and the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.73 percent.

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Check statewise list of active cases!

S. No.Name of State/UTActive Cases
1Andaman and Nicobar Islands7
2Andhra Pradesh148
3Arunachal Pradesh1
4Assam2
5Bihar175
6Chandigarh170
7Chhattisgarh511
8Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1
9Delhi2338
10Goa780
11Gujarat1938
12Haryana1928
13Himachal Pradesh1762
14Jammu and Kashmir426
15Jharkhand75
16Karnataka1673
17Kerala13745
18Ladakh42
19Lakshadweep0
20Madhya Pradesh177
21Maharashtra4667
22Manipur12
23Meghalaya3
24Mizoram1
25Nagaland2
26Odisha731
27Puducherry273
28Punjab666
29Rajasthan804
30Sikkim43
31Tamil Nadu2099
32Telangana175
33Tripura0
34Uttarakhand147
35Uttar Pradesh1282
36West Bengal295

In view of the rising cases, mock drills to take stock of hospital preparedness were held in several public and private facilities across the country on Monday. The states/Union territories were also requested to expeditiously increase the rate of testing and increase the share of RT-PCR in tests.

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India logs over 6,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, health minister to chair high-level meeting today

A few days ago, Mandaviya said that ICU beds, oxygen supply, and other critical care arrangements are in place, adding that there’s a weekly review of preparedness.

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There seems to be no decline in Covid-19 cases in India. The country is once again seeing a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. India on Saturday reported 6,050 new coronavirus cases which are 13 percent higher than yesterday which recorded 5,335 cases.

Daily cases have crossed the 6,000 mark for the first time since September 16 last year. With the addition of today’s cases, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the country stands at 28,303.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the daily positivity rate in the country stands at 3.39 percent while the weekly positivity rate is recorded at 3.02 percent.

India also logged 14 fatalities in the last 24 hours. Three were reported from Maharashtra, two each from Karnataka and Rajasthan, one each from Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and one death was reconciled by Kerala.

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As per the Health Ministry data, the active cases now comprise 0.06 percent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 percent.

With an uptick in Covid-19 cases, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level meeting with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories today.

Minister of State for Health and Family Affairs Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar said that the Centre has regularly issued guidelines to the States and UTs on Covid19. PM Modi has held a review with all states on this. Today, Health Minister Dr Mandaviya will hold a review meeting with health ministers of States and UTs.

The government has earlier said that it is prepared to deal with a spike in infections. A few days ago, Mandaviya said that ICU beds, oxygen supply, and other critical care arrangements are in place, adding that there’s a weekly review of preparedness.

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India records whopping 5,335 cases in past 24 hours, 6 more fatalities

The number of active Covid cases in India mounted to 25,587 as the country witnessed a surge in coronavirus infections, registering 5,335 fresh cases of the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.

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The number of active Covid cases in India mounted to 25,587 as the country witnessed a surge in coronavirus infections, registering 5,335 fresh cases of the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.

On Wednesday, India has registered 4,435 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day jump since September 2022.

As per the data at 8 am today on the Union Heath Ministry’s website, six more fatalities due to the deadly viral infection were reported during the past 24 hours taking the overall death toll since the pandemic hit to 5,30,929 while the active cases jumped by 2,496 and the current caseload in the country stands at 25,587

According to the health ministry’s data, the active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections since the viral outbreak while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent with 2,826 people recovering from the contagious virus during the past 24 hours

The data stated that at 8,229 Kerala, which registered 1,404 new cases, has the most number of active cases, Maharashtra has 3,874 while Delhi has 1,795 coronavirus cases.

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Himachal Pradesh has reported 212 new cases while 130 fresh infections were registered in Tamil Nadu.

The data also revealed that a total of 1.6 lakh Covid-19 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours.

Scientists have attributed the recent uptick in Covid-19 cases to the Omicron variant XBB.1.16 of the coronavirus diseases which is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization

On March 22, the WHO had added the XBB.1.16 to its list of variants under monitoring. The global body has said that the XBB.1.16 variant has a similar to its predecessor XBB.1.5, but contains additional changes in the spike protein, adding that lab studies have revealed that XBB.1.16 show signs of increased infectivity as well as potentially increased pathogenicity.

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