New Delhi: India continues to report a decline in Coronanvirus cases as the country registered 58,077 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
The country also recorded 1,50,407 recoveries on Thursday while 657 succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. The country's daily positivity rate now dips to 3.89%.
Active cases: 6,97,802 (1.64%)
Death toll: 5,07,177
Daily positivity rate: 3.89%
Total vaccination: 1,71,79,51,432
Though the country is reporting a daily decline in Coronavirus cases, the government said that many districts are still reporting high cases which cannot be ignored. The centre said on Thursday that the overall COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country is optimistic and improving even as some states, including Kerala and Mizoram, are still reporting high positivity rates and are of concern.
Urging people not to lower their guard, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul said even though a consistent decline in coronavirus infections and daily positivity rate has been noted across all states, nearly 40 districts are still reporting an increase in weekly cases and thus, there is a need to maintain vigilance.
The daily positivity in Kerala is 29.57 per cent, it is still enormously high, Mizoram has 26.5 per cent positivity, Himachal has 11.79 per cent positivity, 12 per cent in Arunachal Pradesh and 17 per cent in Sikkim, so these are points of concern, Paul said, according to a PTI report.
"So we are clearly passing through a transition towards improvement, but this is not the time for us to be less vigilant. We cannot lower our guard. COVID appropriate behaviour has to be taken as the new normal' and that includes wearing masks, ventilated environment, social distancing and general discipline, which cannot be stopped," he asserted.