India has recorded 12,193 fresh COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, with the number of active cases of the infection going up to 67,556, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. Covid-19 cases Again Surge in India: 42 death cases reported in single day.
The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 5,31,300 with 42 more fatalities, including 10 reconciled by Kerala, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am. The tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4,48,81,877.
The active cases account for 0.15 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.66 per cent, according to the health ministry’s website.
Maharashtra on Friday reported 993 Coivd cases and five deaths, which took the tally to 81,60,499 and the toll to 1,48,497, a health official said. 681 cases were caused by the XBB.1.16 dominant variant of the virus, and five persons succumbed.
Of the 1,348 fresh coronavirus cases recorded in Haryana, over 50% were reported from Gurugram and Faridabad, combined. They have been fuelling the current surge in infections in the state. Among other Haryana districts, Rohtak and Jind reported 89 cases each while Hisar, Panchkula and Jhajjar reported 68, 59 and 55 cases, respectively, according to the bulletin released on Friday.
The Centre on Friday asked eight states including Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra to maintain a strict watch and take preemptive action in any area of concern to control any emerging spread of Covid 19.
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A rise in positivity rate has also been noted across the country, with 5.5 per cent positivity reported in the week ending April 19 against 4.7 per cent positivity reported in the previous week, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday.
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