New Delhi: Daily covid infections in India cross 10 thousand. According to a Union Health Ministry source, the Covid infection has reached endemic level in India. A source in the Union Health Ministry said that in the next 10 to 12 days, the daily incidence will gradually decrease. In this case, the daily infection rate has reached a new peak.
In a statement released by the Union Health Ministry, “In the last 24 hours, 10,158 new cases of Covid infection have been confirmed. This is the highest in the last 200 days. Due to this, the number of people suffering from Covid infection and undergoing treatment in the country has increased to 44,998.
In the last 24 hours, 2,29,958 tests have been conducted and 10158 people have been confirmed to be infected with Covid. Due to this, the number of infected people has increased to 4,47,86,160 since the beginning of the covid infection.
Yesterday alone 5356 people recovered from the infection. So far 220.66 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered across the country.
Daily positivity rate is 4.42 percent and weekly positivity rate is 4.02 percent.. (The positivity rate is a measure of how many out of 100 people who are tested for Covid are confirmed to be infected). 19 people have died in the last 24 hours.
After some of the doctors and staff of Delhi AIIMS Hospital have been infected with Covid, everyone in the hospital has been advised to follow the precautionary measures against Covid.
Spread XBB.1.16: Omicron’s new strain, XBB.1.16, is currently responsible for increasing the number of Covid-19 cases in India. The XBB virus is a mutated virus from Omicron’s mutant viruses. It has been revealed that it is a re-formation of PA.2.10.1, PA.2.75, XPF, PA.5.2.3 and PA.2.75.3 viruses. It has been revealed through the results of genetic analysis that XBB 1.16, a genetic mutation of the corona virus in India, is currently affecting many people.
