Covid-19 real-time updates: Covid’s daily positivity is now
at 6.1%, according to the government.

There have been a total of 2,994 new COVID-19 cases reported
in India. According to the Health Ministry’s update on Saturday morning, the
country’s total active caseload has now risen to 16,354. In the last 24 hours,
1,43,364 tests were performed and 9,981 COVID-19 vaccine doses were
administered, according to data from the Health Ministry.

So far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has resulted in the
administration of 220.66 crore vaccine doses (95.21 crore second doses and
22.86 crore precaution doses).

Masks are required in all TN government hospitals.

In response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the
Tamil Nadu government has made masks mandatory in all government hospitals
beginning today. On Friday, Health Minister Ma Subramanian stated that the mask
rule should be enforced at all government health facilities, including
out-patients, in-patients, visitors, doctors, nurses, and other health-care personnel.
The rule will be enforced by state and district health officers.

According to DurgeshNandan Jha, India recorded 3,641 new
Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths on Monday, three from Maharashtra and one each
from Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. Covid’s death toll in the last 24
hours includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala. Follow TOI for the most recent
updates.

Covid cases have been steadily increasing.”
However, there has been no significant increase in hospitalisations,”
according to a health ministry official.

 

He also stated that the rise is primarily due to the
emergence of XBB. 1. 16, an Omicron variant with high transmissibility and
immune-escape properties. “Our researchers are investigating the variant’s
immune escape properties as well as its potential to cause severe
illness,” said the official.

According to the Union Health Ministry, Covid-19 has a daily
positivity rate of 6.1% and a weekly positivity rate of 2.4%.

There are 72 districts with a positivity rate greater than
or equal to 10%. This includes nine of Delhi’s eleven districts, 12 districts
from Kerala, and six districts from Maharashtra.

Covid’s daily positivity is now at 6.1%, according to the
government.

 

On Monday, India reported 3,641 new Covid-19 cases and 11
deaths, including three in Maharashtra and one each in Delhi, Kerala,
Karnataka, and Rajasthan. Covid’s death toll in the last 24 hours includes four
deaths reconciled by Kerala.

East (22. 46%) has the highest positivity rate among Delhi’s
11 districts, followed by south (21. 78%), central (19. 19%), south-east (17.
65%), northwest (15. 98%), west (15. 26%), north (13. 15%), New Delhi (13%),
and Shahdara (10. 37%).

Only the north-east (9. 4%) and the south-west (4. 77%) have
positivity below 10%.

The positivity rate increased to 18. 53% on Monday, with 293
of the 1,581 samples testing positive for the virus.

Two more deaths were reported, bringing the city’s Covid
death toll to 26,532. The city’s active caseload is currently 1,406, with 91
patients admitted to hospitals.

There are currently no plans for widespread Covid testing in
Delhi.

For the past few days, the city’s Covid-19 positivity rate
has been steadily increasing. The consistently low number of tests is a major
contributor to this. The positivity rate on Saturday was 14. 37% out of a total
of 2,895 samples collected, with 416 cases recorded. This increased to 16.09%
on Sunday, with 429 cases from 2,667 samples.

According to the Union Health Ministry, Covid-19 has a daily
positivity rate of 6.1% and a weekly positivity rate of 2.4%. There are 72
districts with a positivity rate greater than or equal to 10%.

Covid’s daily positivity is now at 6.1%: Govt

According to DurgeshNandan Jha, India recorded 3,641 new
Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths on Monday, three from Maharashtra and one each
from Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. Covid’s death toll in the last 24
hours includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala.

Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh is seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases, with
35 new cases being registered in the last 24 hours. In addition, nine new
Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state capital of Bhopal in the last 24
hours. Because of the sudden increase in cases, the health department has
directed officials to organise mock drills to prepare for the disease. The
drill will take place on April 10 and 11.

In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra has recorded 248 new cases
of Covid-19.

The number of Covid-19 cases reported in Maharashtra has
decreased slightly in the last 24 hours. In the last 24 hours, 248 new Covid-19
cases have been reported, bringing the total number of active cases in the
state to 3,532.

In Nepal, a new variant of Covid-19’s Omicron has been
discovered.

Nepal confirmed the discovery of a new Omicron variant of
Covid-19 known as “XBB1.16” on Monday, stating that at least ten of
the country’s 24 most recent patient samples tested positive for the new
strain. Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population has issued a warning to its
citizens following the discovery of the XBB1.6 variant, which has been
identified and is spreading in neighbouring India