Led by Maharashtra and Kerala, India witnessed a significant spike in daily Covid-19 cases on Thursday with 3,712 new Covid-19 infections being reported in the last 24 hours. The total tally of cases rose to 4,31,64,544, according to Union health ministry data.
The active caseload stands at 19,509. India recorded 5 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The country also reported 2,584 recoveries in a day. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,26,20,394, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.22 per cent.
Maharashtra on Thursday reported 1,045 new Covid-19 cases, of which Mumbai reported 704 infections, while Delhi logged 373 fresh infections and two more deaths. The positivity rate stood at 1.85 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, Delhi's Covid-19 tally increased to 19,07,637 while the death toll stood at 26,212. If the Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra continue to spike, the state government is likely to make face masks mandatory again, according to various reports. In Kerala too, the Covid-19 graph continues to show a rising trend. The graph shows an increasing trend for the past one week with 750-800 cases recorded over a thousand cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Health experts are stressing that pandemic norms like wearing of masks and social distancing, which were rolled back to "voluntary mode" on 2 April this year amid a fall in cases, will have to be observed diligently again.
On the status of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage, 193.70 Cr (1,93,70,51,104) jabs have been administered, achieved through 2,46,20,654 sessions.
So far, more than 3.41 Crore (3,41,31,661) adolescents (age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022) have been administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Similarly, the Covid-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from April 10, 2022 onwards.