Minor Dip In Covid Cases After Record High, 1,805 Fresh Infections Recorded As Daily Positivity Rate Doubles

A total of 1,805 new Covid-19 infections have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours as daily positivity rate doubles.

Covid-19 infections on the rise in country

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New Delhi: The numbers of Covid-19 infections and deaths are on the rise with the country recording 1,805 new infections on Monday, as per the official data of the Health Ministry. As per the data, India's active caseload now stands at 10,300 which is 0.02 percent while the recovery rate currently stands at 98.79 percent. Six deaths due to the infection were reported by the ministry.

The total Coronavirus death toll in India at present stands at 5,30,837. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat each reported one death in the span of 24 hours, while Kerala reconciled two as per the data updated at 8 am on Monday.

The daily positivity rate has doubled to 3.19 percent while the weekly positivity rate is 1.39 percent. 932 recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 4,41,64,815. The recovery rate was pegged at 98.79 percent. The data mentioned that a total of 1,743 doses of Covid vaccine were administered in the 24 hours period.

On Sunday, India logged 1,890 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in 149 days meanwhile, the active cases rose to 9,433, as per the data of the Union Health Ministry. The nation last recorded such high numbers on October 28, 2022, when the cases recorded in a single day stood at 2,208. The daily positivity was recorded at 1.56 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.29 per cent.

Whereas Delhi recorded 153 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 9.13 per cent on Sunday, according to data shared by the health department, news agency ANI reported. In the past 24 hours, zero death have been recorded, while the active Covid-19 cases stands at 528.

According to statistics given by the health department earlier on Saturday, Delhi registered 139 coronavirus infections with a positivity rate of 4.98 percent. The city had 152 Covid instances the day before, with a positivity rate of 6.66%. On Thursday, it recorded 117 cases with a positivity rate of 4.95 percent.

On the heels of an increase in the number of coronavirus infections in the city, Delhi government-run hospitals conducted simulated exercises on COVID-19 preparation on Sunday, PTI reported.

A two-hour simulated drill was held at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, which was a cornerstone in the national capital's struggle against Covid-19.

"We assessed the patient response time. When a patient is brought to the hospital, how long does it take for us to shift him to a room. For critical patients who need to be shifted to the ICU, we have a red corridor. We checked whether all the ventilators and oxygen points were functioning. We have around 450 beds for coronavirus patients," Dr Suresh Kumar, the medical director of LNJP Hospital, informed PTI.