India COVID-19 active cases reach 3,758: Kerala logs highest at 1400, death toll rises to 28
Since Saturday, 362 new COVID-19 cases have been reported from across the country, with two deaths - one each in Kerala and Karnataka.
Since Saturday, 362 new COVID-19 cases have been reported from across the country, with two deaths - one each in Kerala and Karnataka.
Other states that have reported significant case numbers include Maharashtra (209), Delhi (104), Gujarat (83), and Karnataka (47).
The total COVID-19 caseload of the country has risen to 4,50,26,261. These also include the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
According to the ministry, Karnataka reported 61 cases, followed by Maharashtra 35 and Kerala 25 cases.
The Covid caseload rose to 4,50,21,383 with the addition of the new cases of infections.
The positivity rate stood at 0.07 per cent.
There were 16,962 coronavirus active cases nationwide as of Wednesday, of whom 342 were severe, said the ministry.
Prioritizing the health safety criteria, the State government on Monday issued Puja observance Standard operating procedure (SOP) debarring the devotees from hopping the puja pandals as it had done last year to contain the pandemic spread.
The ship is linked to a Covid-19 case in an Australian pilot who was onboard the vessel in July in Queensland
Initially, WHO was backing the Chinese and concluded that it was highly unlikely that covid-19 came from a laboratory in Wuhan, and it may have originated in bats and was subjected to severe criticism.