The coronavirus cases in the country are rising rapidly. India on Monday reported 12,781 new Covid-19 cases and 18 new fatalities in a single day. According to the health ministry, the daily positivity rate in the country reached 4.32 percent, and the weekly positivity rate at 2.62 percent. The health bulletin stated that the active Covid-19 cases in the country stand at 76,700.

India witnessed an increase of 4,226 Covid-19 cases in the span of 24 hours. The national recovery rate was recorded at 98.61 percent.

The top five states that have registered the maximum cases are Maharashtra (4,004 cases), followed by Kerala (3,376), Delhi (1,530), Tamil Nadu (692), and Karnataka (623).

What’s more concerning is the rising Covid-19 cases in the capital. Delhi logged 1,530 Covid-19 cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the health department, the positivity rate in the country rose to 8.41 percent. The number of active Covid-19 cases in Delhi increased to 5,542 from 5,119 on Saturday. On Friday, the capital recorded 2,722 Covid-19 cases, which is the highest in 4 months.

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According to experts, there has been a significant increase in infection cases in the last few days, indicating that the outbreak is imminent. The recovery rate of all cases is more than 98 percent, which is the only positive sign of the Covid-19 4th Wave.

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Amid rise in Covid-19 positivity rate in the state, the Punjab government has extended lockdown like existing restrictions till May 31.  

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the state officials to impose all Covid-19 restrictions to tackle the Covid second wave and said the existing lockdown restrictions will stay in place till the end of this month.

Punjab on Saturday reported 217 more coronavirus deaths as 6,867 fresh cases surfaced, pushing the state’s infection number to 4,90,755, according to a medical bulletin. So far, the infection has killed 11,693 people in the state.

The Chief Minister said the officials will continue to determine opening of shops in a staggered manner and enforce other restrictions to check spread of Covid, especially in rural areas.

The district authorities have also been asked to continue to ensure strict implementation of all the directives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the state government on Covid-appropriate behaviour, including social-distancing norms, regulating crowd in market places and public transport, and imposition of penalties prescribed for violation of restrictions.

Reviewing the state’s Covid situation at a high-level meeting, Singh said, there is a need to extend the restrictions due to a high positivity rate of 13.1% recorded between May 9 and May 15 and the case fatality rate reaching 2.4%.

The Chief Minister also expressed concern over the spread of the new fungal disorder associated with Covid. He stressed the need to increase surveillance for this disease as, if it is not treated early, it can cause severe complications. He also directed the health department to ensure that medicines to treat this disease are available with the state. Dr KK Talwar termed the fungal infections as a serious issue, which could be attributed to either high use of steroids or use of undistilled water in Oxygen.

The state is expecting over 2,500 oxygen concentrators on the ground within this month, he said.

Singh directed the Health and Medical Education departments to continue to ensure that there is no problem at any point with respect to hospital capacity, especially with regard to L-3 beds.

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He asked officials to ensure that food kits are delivered to those in quarantine, saying that nobody should be allowed to go to sleep hungry. He also complimented the director general of police on the successful launch of the “Bhojan Helpline” to address this issue.

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