The active cases comprise 0.21 per cent of the total infections!
New Delhi: On Thursday, India reported at least 18,819 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 4,34,52,164. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases rose to 104,555.
On Thursday, India also reported 39 Covid-related deaths, taking the total number of coronavirus fatalities to 5,25,116.
The active cases comprise 0.21 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.58 per cent, the ministry said.
Also, the single-day death toll of six was the highest since February 13, when 12 people were infected.
Delhi has also reported a few cases of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are highly transmissible, but experts said that there is no need to panic as they don't cause severe infection.
Despite the rise in the positivity rate, the Delhi government has not implemented the Graded Response Action Plan devised by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) as hospital admissions are low. The GRAP came into force in August last year, stipulating measures to be taken by the government in accordance with the positivity rate and bed occupancy for the locking and unlocking of various activities.
Experts have said people lowering their guard and travelling during the vacation season are the main reasons behind the latest upward trend in the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi. The number of daily Covid-19 cases in national Capita had touched the highest record of 28,867 on January 13, during the third wave of the pandemic.
The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.
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