New Delhi:
India’s daily Covid graph saw a worrying spike today as 6,050 cases were added in the country, which is 13 per cent higher than yesterday’s 5,335 cases. The daily cases have crossed the 6,000-mark for the first time since September 16 last year.
Amid increasing cases of infection, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya has called a review meeting with health ministers of all states and union territories this afternoon to review the preparedness in the country.
With today’s 14 deaths, the country’s death toll has risen to 5,30,943 – three from Maharashtra, two each from Karnataka and Rajasthan, one each from Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and one one. One death was resolved by Kerala, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The daily positivity rate, an indicator of the spread of the infection, currently stands at 3.39 per cent and the country has an active caseload of 25,587.
India’s covid tally is 4.47 crore (4,47,45,104). Active cases now comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent, according to the health ministry’s website.
The government has said it is prepared to deal with a spike in infections. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told NDTV in an exclusive that ICU beds, oxygen supply and other critical care arrangements are in place, adding that there is a weekly review of preparedness.