Coronavirus Cases: Indian Medical Association Lists Out Reasons For Rise In Covid-19 Infections — Details
The IMA said that the reasons behind the recent Covid surge in our country may be the relaxation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, low testing rate and the emergence of a new variant of Covid.
The Indian Medical Association on Monday said that the reasons behind the recent Covid surge in our country may be the relaxation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, low testing rate and the emergence of a new variant of Covid.
India recorded 5,880 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours taking the total number of active cases in the country to 35,199 as per the data by the health ministry. The state with highest number of cases include Kerala (12,433), Mahrashtra (4,587), Delhi (2,460), Gujarat (2,013), and Tamil Nadu (1,900).
3,481 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the cumuative recoveries to 4,41,96,318. On Sunday, the country logged 5,357 cases of Covid-19 taking the number of active cases to 32,814 while the death toll climbed to 5,30,965 with 10 deaths. 3,726 people had recovered from the infection taking the aggregate to 4,41,92,837. The cumulative tally of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 4.47 crore (4,47,56,616).
A 2-day nationwide mock drill to assess hospital preparedness will start today with both public and private facilities participating in it. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jhajjar on Monday to assess the mock drill. He has ordered state health ministers to visit hospitals and oversee mock drills at a review meeting on April 7.
During the meeting, states and union territories were informed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently closely tracking a variant of interest (VOI), XBB.1.5 and that six other variants (BQ.1, BA.2.75, CH.1.1, XBB, XBF, and XBB.1.16) are being monitored, a health ministry statement had said.
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