As Covid-19 cases surge in India, Centre Asks States to take measures for management of the pandemic
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23 March, 2023 01:38 pm IST
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Union Health Ministry has cautioned the people that the threat of Covid -19 pandemic is not over. Addressing media in New Delhi about the Covid-19 situation in the country on Thursday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has informed that an average of 94 thousand cases of Covid-19 are being reported globally on a daily basis but in India, only 966 cases are being reported which accounts only one percent of total cases globally.
He said, in India, most of the cases are being reported from eight States with Maharashtra registering the highest 1650 Covid cases followed by Gujarat, Kerala and Karnataka.
The Union Health Secretary said that the country has witnessed surges in cases from the second week of last month due to which the positivity rate rose to one percent from 0.09 percent. He said, a detailed advisory has been issued to these states regarding required measures to be taken up for the management of Covid -19.
The Health Secretary informed that currently the circulating variants of Covid-19 in the country are the variants of Omicron. However, he said, there is no evidence of increase in hospitalization and mortality has been reported in the country.
According to data provided by the Union Health Ministry, with 1,134 new cases on Wednesday, India’s total number of active Covid-19 cases rose to 7,026.
According to the data, the country on Tuesday recorded five deaths in Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra and Kerala. With this, the total death toll climbed to 5,30,813.
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