The total number of cases in the country reported 4,42,10,127.....
Covid cases in India are recorded 10,158, 30 more than yesterday. Data by the Union health ministry shows 44,998 active cases in the country.
After high increase in number of Covid cases recorded today the total number of cases in the country reported 4,42,10,127.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 4.02 per cent. The active cases now constitute 0.10 per cent of the total infections.
The Covid recovery rate nationwide has been recorded at 98.71 per cent, as per thr health ministry website.
According to the government sources Covid has entered the endemic stage in India and for the next 10-12 days cases will rise, due to which infection will subside. An infection is restricted to a particular region in the endemic stage, where as in the pandemic the infection spreads to bigger area or even worldwide.
The XBB.1.16 sub variant of Omicron, which is driving the latest surge, is not a cause of worry and vaccines are effective against it, health ministry officials said.
The sub variant’s prevalence increased from 21.6% in February to 35.8% in March, but no incident of hospitalization or death has been reported, the sources said.
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