This is the highest since August 21…
New Delhi: On Friday, 14 April 2023, India recorded 11,109 new Covid cases, while taking the active cases stood at 49,622.
The covid cases on the daily basis are the highest in the last 236 days, according to data shared by the Union health ministry.
The death count reached 5,31,064 with 29 deaths.
While three deaths each were registered from Delhi and Rajasthan, two each were from Chhattisgarh and Punjab, and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh besides nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Amid a slight increase in the number of Covid cases, medical experts have said the virus' new XBB.1.16 variant could be driving the surge.
However, they said there is no need to panic and people should follow the precautions and get their booster shots.
They also said this rise in the number of cases could be the result of more people getting themselves tested for Covid as a precaution when they actually get infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and some other symptoms related to this.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said the increase in the number of influenza cases is due to the Influenza A sub-type H3N2.
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