India reports 3,016 New Covid cases, the highest in nearly 6 months

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• Mar 30, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

In response to the worrisome increase in Covid cases this week, several states intend to conduct emergency meetings.

Digital Desk: 3,016 new Covid cases were reported in India in the past 24 hours, a 40% increase from the day before. According to data from the Union health ministry, the weekly positive rate is 1.71 percent, and the daily positivity rate is 2.7%. The number of infections on Thursday is the biggest in over six months. On October 2 of the previous year, 3,375 instances were recorded from India.

With 14 deaths- three reported by Maharashtra, two by Delhi, one by Himachal State in a single day, and eight reconciled by Kerala—the country's COVID-19 death toll has risen to 5,30,862.

According to the health ministry website, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.78%, and active cases currently make up 0.03 percent of all infections.

4,41,68,321 persons have recovered from the illness, and the case fatality rate has been reported at 1.19 percent.

In response to the worrisome increase in Covid cases this week, several states intend to conduct emergency meetings. In Delhi, where the infection count had reached 0 on January 16, 300 cases had been reported on the previous day. 

Today's meeting has been scheduled by the Delhi government to discuss the state of the nation's capital. Senior health department representatives, medical directors of state-run hospitals, and other interested parties will attend the meeting.

Many districts in Maharashtra have also reported a substantial increase in Covid cases, including Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and Sangli. Despite all of their efforts, the Maharashtra government claims that many individuals are not receiving the Covid vaccination booster shot. According to officials, in the state, fewer than 1 crore people have yet to take the booster dose.