India on Tuesday registered 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases and 277 related deaths even as the country’s active count mounted to 8,21,446, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed. The daily positivity rate stood at 10.64 per cent. The Omicron tally, meanwhile, has reached 4,461, with Maharashtra reporting the highest number of cases (1,247), followed by Rajasthan (645) and Delhi (546).
Amid rising cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya interacted with 120 health experts from across the country through video conferencing and discussed the current Covid-19 situation. The Minister listened to their suggestions and gave related instructions. In a tweet, Mandaviya said, we will work together to fight against Corona.
Cases in the country are surging with each passing day. Kerala on Tuesday reported an alarming rise in daily Covid-19 cases. The state recorded 9,066 new Covid-19 cases, 2064 recoveries, and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate in Kerala rose to 14 per cent from 5 per cent over the last week.
Kerala also reported 296 deaths which took the total fatalities in the state over the 50,000 mark to 50,053, according to a government release. Maharashtra’s Mumbai reported 11,647 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a health bulletin. The active cases in the city rose to 1,00,523. On Monday, Mumbai had reported 13,648 new infections.
Meanwhile, Dharavi on Tuesday witnessed a sharp decline in newly reported Covid-19 cases while Delhi has reported 21,259 fresh Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths, as the positivity rate climbed to 25.65 per cent. A total of 19,166 cases and 17 deaths were recorded in the national capital on Monday.
An official from the Ministry said that 9.68 lakh people from three priority groups — the elderly with comorbidities, healthcare workers, and frontline workers — were administered the third dose across the country on the first day of the rollout.