India sees a spike in active Covid-19 cases
03 Apr 2023
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Three years after India went into the first lockdown (on 25 March 2020), the number of active cases of Covid-19 or its derivatives in the country has increased to 18,389 (0.04 per cent of the population) as of 2 April 2023.
The country recorded a single-day jump of 3,824 Covid cases — the biggest in nearly six months (184 days) — the ministry of health and family welfare stated on Sunday.
With the fresh cases, India's Covid tally has risen to 4,47,22,605.
Daily positivity rate stands at 2.87 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is at 2.24 per cent.
Overall toll due to the infection climbed to 5,30,881 with four more deaths in the last 24 hours
One death each was reported from Delhi, Haryana, Kerala and Rajasthan in a span of 24 hours and one was reconciled by Kerala.
At 18,389, the active cases comprise 0.04 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.77 percent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 4,41,73,335, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry's website, 2.21 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The spike in Covid cases has been reported from states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala.
Mumbai and Pune districts remain the worst-hit in the state in terms of cumulative infections and deaths.
So far Mumbai has recorded 11,54,903 cases and 19,747 deaths, compared with Pune's 15,06,257 infections and 20,608 fatalities.
Last week the WHO hinted that it may soon end the Covid-19 global pandemic - declared in January 2020 - though a time-frame has reportedly not yet been finalised.
