Amid a national upward trend in COVID cases, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will preside over an assembly with fitness ministers from all states and union territories on Friday afternoon, the resources said.
On Wednesday, the COVID Empowerment Task Force also held a regime review meeting. Dr. VK Paul, Dr. Rajiv Bahl, DG, ICMR and senior fitness officials attended the meeting.
According to sources, this is a review assembly to know the scenario and preparedness for COVID in the country. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is also attending the assembly.
We will have to remain vigilant, but there is no need to worry. Currently, the subvariant of Omicron circulating in the country has no major hospitalizations,” M. Mandaviya on the Covid19 situation in the country.
India on Thursday recorded 5335 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate (3. 32%) and a weekly positivity rate (2. 89%), about 20% more cases than yesterday, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. per day at 8%.
It was the largest single-day buildup in the past six months, the ministry said Thursday in its updated data.
COVID-19 cases in India have seen an upward trend in recent days, with new infections ranging from 2,994 on April 1 to 3,824 on April 2 and 3,641 on April 3 and 3,038 on April 4 and 4,4435. April 5.
The number of active Covid cases in India lately stands at 25,587 with a positivity rate of 3. 32%, the ministry said.
With 2,826 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries is 4, 41, 82, 538. India’s recovery lately is 98. 75 percent, he added.
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