India records 5,880 new Covid cases in 24 hours, positivity rate at 6.91%
NEW DELHI,APR 10 : India recorded 5,880 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 35,199, according to health ministry data on Monday. The daily positivity rate stands at 6.91 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.67 per cent.
A total of 44,196,318 people have recovered with the recovery rate rising to 98.74 per cent. Meanwhile, 14 deaths were registered, taking the death toll to 53,09,79.
A total of 205 doses of vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours. A total of 220,66,23,527 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
In view of rising Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has ordered reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and antigen tests for patients in emergency wards, along with the ones in the outpatient department.
India records 5,880 new Covid cases in 24 hours, positivity rate at 6.91%
The state has recorded 319 fresh cases on Sunday and with this, the active number of Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh stood at 1,192.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday made Covid tests mandatory for anyone returning to the country from abroad. Instructions were also given to perform genome sequencing on the samples which tested positive for the virus.
Delhi on Sunday logged 699 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 21.15 per cent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department.
Four people suffering from Covid-19 died in the city. However, the health bulletin stated that Covid-19 was the primary cause of death in just one case.
Jharkhand seeks 50,000 Covid vaccine doses from Centre amid rise in cases.
-PTI
