2,529 New Covid Cases In India In 24 Hours

The death count climbed to 5,28,745!

New Delhi: On Thursday, 06 October 2022, India reported 2,529 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths, showed official figures in the morning. The death count reached 5,28,745 while active cases declined to 32,282, said the Union health ministry.

A decline of 1,036 cases was recorded in active cases in a span of 24 hours.

On Wednesday, The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is set to withdraw ?500 fine for not wearing masks in public places in the national capital, news agency ANI reported. The no-mask fine stood at ?2,000 in November, and later in February, brought down to ?500.

On April 2, the Delhi government had lifted the penalty of ?500 for not wearing face masks at public places as the daily infections were fairly low.

However, the fine was re-imposed again within three weeks as the national capital witnessed a nearly three-fold rise in the number of new cases between April 11 and April 18.

The DDMA has also extended the service contract of health care workers hired in Covid hospitals till the end of the year.

In the last 24 hours, the city has recorded 74 fresh Covid infections, whereas the case positivity rate stood at 1.07 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department. No Covid-related fatality was reported on Tuesday. As of now, there are a total of 45 containment zones in Delhi.

Meanwhile, On Tuesday, India overall recorded 1,968 fresh infections as against over 3,000 cases on Monday.

In the week ending October 2, India witnessed over 26,300 fresh infections.

The latest decline has been seen as a respite as thousands across the country take part in festivities after two years of muted celebrations owing to the virus.