According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has reported 2,183 new Covid cases today, representing 1,033 cases from the previous day. There are 11,542 active cases in the country, accounting for 0.03 percent of total cases.
It was also discovered that over 200 extra deaths had taken place, including 212 backlog deaths in Kerala. The death toll stands at 5, 21,965 as of this writing.
The daily positivity rate increased from 31 percent to an astounding 883 percent (see graph). Currently, the weekly positive rate is 0.32 percent as of the time of this writing.
1 089 COVID patients have been cured in the last 24 hours, according to the latest available data. According to official figures, since the outbreak began in the country, the total number of recoveries has grown to 4,25,10,773. Currently, the recovery rate is 98.76 percent of the total.
Since the beginning of the week, 65 new confirmed cases of Covid have been reported in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, and Lucknow, according to a government official. Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has ordered “tight surveillance” of certain districts “in light of the circumstances.”
COVID-19 has now been confirmed in 70 people, including 14 children, in the Delhi-NCR borough of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, raising the total number of people infected with the virus to nearly 200. The virus was first identified in the city of New Delhi in 2009. Covid incidents are getting more regular in Delhi and its neighboring areas, and the city is becoming increasingly congested.
“Children under 18 who have tested positive for COVID-19 account for 14 of the 70 newly diagnosed cases.”
Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, Deputy Medical Director, made the following statement.
A warning was issued by the health department on Wednesday regarding the reporting of instances of COVID-19 or its symptoms in schools as a preventative measure against the pandemic because of the increasing number of cases being reported.
According to the advice, it is essential to inform the chief medical officer’s office immediately if a student at your school exhibits signs of COVID-19 (such as a cough, cold, fever, or diarrhea), according to the advice so that appropriate treatment can be provided promptly.
According to government data, 98,832 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March 2020 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, a neighborhood next to Delhi, and 490 people have died due to the virus since the outbreak began.