With 1,63 active cases...
New Delhi: In the last 24 hours India has reported about 1,223 new Covid cases with 1,63 active cases.
While the daily positivity rate has reached 0.86 %, the weekly positivity rate remains at 1.30%., the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
While the daily positivity rate has reached 0.86 %, the weekly positivity rate remains at 1.30%.
In the last three years of the pandemic, India has reported more than 44.9 million cases and 5,31,767 Covid-related deaths.
Health experts say that currently, admissions are happening in those individuals who are elderly and have comorbid conditions. So, people need to take their booster dose if not done yet.
With an uptick in the trend of Covid cases, scientists said that XBB.1.16 is the Covid-19 variant responsible for the present surge in Covid cases.
However, scientists say that people in India have developed hybrid immunity (due to vaccination and natural infection).
Therefore, the present Covid-19 variants will not cause hospitalization as it is mild in nature.
However, the government has suggested people wear masks in crowded places and complete their vaccination doses if not done yet.
Around 4.44 crore people recovered from the infection with 2,720 patients recovering in the last 24 hours. The current recovery rate is touching 98.77 %.
The government has asked the states to follow the five-fold strategy, i.e., the Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination-Behaviour strategy. Around 1,42,695 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours taking the total number of tests to 92.84 crore.
Under the Covid vaccination drive, more than 220.66 crore vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far. In the last 24 hours, around 1,636 vaccine doses were administered.
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