Health
India registers over 1500 new Covid cases
The number of active Covid-19 cases has surged to 10,981 in India as 1,573 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been registered during the past 24 hours, he Union Health Ministry informed today.

The number of active Covid-19 cases has surged to 10,981 in India as 1,573 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been registered during the past 24 hours, he Union Health Ministry informed today.
According to the updated data on the Union Health Ministry’s website, the number of active cases in the country increased to 10,981 with four more deaths reported due to the Covid-19 infections raising the death toll to 5,30,841. All four deaths were reported from Kerala.
As per the health ministry’s data, the daily positivity was recorded at 1.30 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.47 percent, adding that the active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent.
According to the health ministry website, the tally of total number of Covid cases since the viral outbreak has reached 4.47 crore (4,47,07, 525) while 4,41,65,703 people have successfully recuperated from the disease since the pandemic began and the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent.
The data further revealed that 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
Meanwhile, the surge in deaths due to the H3N2 variant of the seasonal influenza virus is triggering an outbreak scare in the country.
According to official data, India has recorded at least three deaths associated with H3N2 this season.
Fearing the outbreak of another Covid-19 like pandemic, health officials have urged people to wear masks, practice hand hygiene and get a flu shot if they haven’t already. H3N2, is a subtype of the influenza A strain, responsible for one of the three respiratory pandemics in the past century.
The flu variant’s symptoms tend to be the same as other forms of influenza, including fever or feeling feverish, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea (more common in children than adults), among others.
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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.

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/UT | Active Cases |
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 7 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 148 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 |
4 | Assam | 2 |
5 | Bihar | 175 |
6 | Chandigarh | 170 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 511 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1 |
9 | Delhi | 2338 |
10 | Goa | 780 |
11 | Gujarat | 1938 |
12 | Haryana | 1928 |
13 | Himachal Pradesh | 1762 |
14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 426 |
15 | Jharkhand | 75 |
16 | Karnataka | 1673 |
17 | Kerala | 13745 |
18 | Ladakh | 42 |
19 | Lakshadweep | 0 |
20 | Madhya Pradesh | 177 |
21 | Maharashtra | 4667 |
22 | Manipur | 12 |
23 | Meghalaya | 3 |
24 | Mizoram | 1 |
25 | Nagaland | 2 |
26 | Odisha | 731 |
27 | Puducherry | 273 |
28 | Punjab | 666 |
29 | Rajasthan | 804 |
30 | Sikkim | 43 |
31 | Tamil Nadu | 2099 |
32 | Telangana | 175 |
33 | Tripura | 0 |
34 | Uttarakhand | 147 |
35 | Uttar Pradesh | 1282 |
36 | West Bengal | 295 |
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.

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.

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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