India reports slight rise in Covid-19 cases with 3,720 infections
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
India recorded 3,325 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 957 less than the count reported on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With an alarming positivity rate of nearing 15 per cent covid-19 has already claimed 11 lives including a 15-yearold boy in the state during the last two weeks.
The State clocked 382 freshactive Covid-19 cases at a high7.1 percent test positivity TPR in the last 24 hours,said officials on Monday.
The active caseload stood at 53,720 which is 0.12 per cent of the total cases, the union health ministry said on Saturday.
A statement from PM Office said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired an NCOC meeting to revive Pakistan's coronavirus response forum.
In view of the rise in fresh Covid-19 cases in the national capital over the past few days, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to make wearing masks mandatory in public places in the city and also reinforce the Rs 500 penalty for defying the norm, the sources said.
For the first time in two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the state entered the Green Zone as far as fatalities are concerned but recorded 544 new patients, besides 38 Omicron cases during the day, while active cases stood at 5,643.
According to an official notification, the lockdown will begin at 2 pm on Friday and remain in force till 6 am on Monday in all 20 districts of UT.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, while chairing a meeting on the Covid situation, decided that the current limit on allowing the people from gathering at a spot for any event needs to be changed.
