Coronavirus Cases Today: India Logs 1,249 Covid Cases. Karnataka, Gujarat Report 1 Death Each

The Health Ministry stated that the Covid death toll has increased to 5,30,818 with one death each reported by Karnataka and Gujarat.

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Karnataka are among the states reporting a rise in the cases ( Image Source :PTI )

New Delhi: India on Friday, logged 1,249 new coronavirus cases, meanwhile, the active cases have increased to 7,927, as per Union Health Ministry data. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,00,667).

The daily positivity was recorded at 1.19 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.14 per cent.

The data stated that the death toll has increased to 5,30,818 with one death each reported by Karnataka and Gujarat, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent, the ministry said. 

Around 92.07 crore tests for detection of Covid have been conducted so far with 1,05,316 tests being conducted in the last 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,61,922, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.  According to the ministry's website, 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

The Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, that the XBB.1.16 subvariant of Omicron might be the dominant virus strain in the country but there has been no reported increase in the rate of hospitalisation or death so far while Covid cased has seen a gradual rise.

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 344 samples have tested positive in the last three months — January, February and March — for XBB.1.16 after whole genome sequencing. India has reported an uptick in daily coronavirus cases over the past week. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Karnataka are among the states reporting a rise in the cases, according to the Health Ministry.

"Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the predominant variant. No evidence of an increase in hospitalisation and/or mortality has been reported," Bhushan said.

He said XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16 are variants of interest and under intense scientific scrutiny but they are not a "cause of immediate concern".