The number of corona patients in the country has started increasing once again. In the last 24 hours, 6,050 new cases have been reported in the country, while 14 people have died. The figure of active cases has also increased to 28 thousand 303. Here, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a review meeting with the States-Union Territories on Friday.
Mandaviya has asked the health ministers of the states to visit all the hospitals on April 10 and 11 and review the mock drill. Mandaviya said- We have reviewed the current situation of Corona. States have been directed to identify emergency hotspots, increase testing, and genome sequencing, and improve hospital infrastructure.
Apart from this, it has been asked to strictly follow the rules related to Corona. We need to be alert, not panic. Presently the sub-variant of Omicron is spreading in the country. It does not require hospitalization. The Covid Empowerment Working Group held a review meeting earlier on Wednesday.
Cases increased rapidly in April as compared to March
The increase in the daily cases of Corona has accelerated. Presently the positivity rate is 3.39%. In 31 days of March, 31,902 cases of the corona were reported. In comparison, 26,523 new cases were found in 6 days of April itself.
If we look at the average, in March, an average of 1 thousand new cases were found daily, while in April, an average of 4 thousand cases are coming daily. If the infection rate remains the same, then there is a possibility of 1.20 lakh new cases in April. However, according to the way new cases are increasing daily, the total cases in April may be more than this.
Two-thirds of new cases in top-5 states, Kerala at the forefront
Out of 6,050 new cases found in the last 24 hours in the country, 4,037 were found in only 5 states. The Ministry of Health released them on Friday. Kerala is at the forefront of these. 1,936 new cases have been found here. After this, 803 cases have been reported in Maharashtra, 606 in Delhi, 367 in Himachal Pradesh and 327 in Gujarat.
Kerala: 1,936 new cases have been found here, while one person has died. 742 people have also been cured. Earlier on September 22, 2300 cases were reported.
Maharashtra: 803 new cases have been found here in the last day, 687 people got cured while 3 people died. On Wednesday, 569 new cases were found here. The positivity rate here is 7.05%.
Delhi: 606 new cases were reported here last day and one person died, while 340 people were cured of the disease. Active cases have gone up to 2,060. The positivity rate here is 16.98%.
Himachal Pradesh: 367 new cases have been reported here on Thursday, while 1 death has occurred and 138 people have been cured. Currently there are 1,933 active cases in the state. Here the positivity rate has gone up to 7.31%
Gujarat: 327 new cases have been found here, 1 person has died and 360 people have been cured. On Wednesday, 351 new cases were found here. The positivity rate here is 1.45%.
XBB Variant:
With covid-19 cases rising, the new Omicron XBB.1.16 variant is found to be responsible for the surging numbers. The XBB variant has so far been mild, but the transmission rate is high.
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