Govt Gets Its Act Together As India Witnesses Spike In Covid Cases; Writes To Five States

India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,45,527 after 1,247 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while the active cases increased to 11,860, according to the Union Health Ministry data

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Victor Dasgupta

Updated: April 19, 2022, 10:31 PM IST

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Govt Gets Its Act Together As India Witnesses Spike In Covid Cases; Writes To Five States

New Delhi: With the concerning rise in the Covid Cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday wrote to five states (Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Mizoram) in a bid to contain the spike in the numbers. India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,45,527 after 1,247 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while the active cases increased to 11,860, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,966 with one fresh fatality being reported from Uttar Pradesh, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 318 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.31 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.34 per cent, according to the ministry.

Here are the top updates: 

• COVID-19 cases in Delhi today rose 26 per cent to 632 since yesterday. The positivity rate or confirmed cases every 100 tests fell from 7.72 per cent yesterday to 4.42 per cent today
• Tamil Nadu recorded 30 new Covid-19 infections to its pandemic tally, taking the total number of infections in the state to 34,53,320. The toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities getting reported in the last 24 hours.
• Amid rise in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, Dr Suresh Kumar, MD LNJP Hospital said, “We have to be careful and follow Covid guidelines. Most adults are vaccinated, but we fear the new ‘XE’ variant as a few states have reported this, but in Delhi, this variant has not been observed so far.”
• The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will hold a crucial meeting on Wednesday 11 am to discuss the rising number of infections in the city.
• The mandatory wearing of masks as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 has not yet been lifted from Odisha and people should use them in crowded places, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,11,701, while the case fatality rate was recorded a 1.21 per cent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 186.72 crore.