Covid-19 LIVE Updates | Coronavirus Cases Outbreak In India: Maharashtra Sees 700 Cases In A Day

Corona Update: 3,095 new Covid cases were reported in India in the previous 24 hours, a 40% increase from the day before. According to statistics from the Union health ministry, the weekly positivity rate is 1.71 percent, and the daily positivity rate is 2.7%. The number of infections on Thursday is the greatest in almost six months. On October 2 of last year, 3,375 cases were recorded from India.

Coronavirus In India: India was one of the countries heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first case of COVID-19 in India was reported in January 2020, and since then, the number of cases has increased rapidly. The surge in cases during the second wave of the pandemic in early 2021 was particularly severe, and India became the country with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, after the United States. The Indian government and health authorities took various measures to control the spread of the virus, including lockdowns, restrictions on travel and gatherings, increased testing, and vaccination campaigns. However, the pandemic has had significant impacts on the Indian healthcare system, economy, and society. Recently, with 14 deaths—three reported by Maharashtra, two by Delhi, one by Himachal Pradesh in the course of a single day, and eight reconciled by Kerala—the country's COVID-19 mortality toll has risen to 5,30,867.

31 March 2023

16:01 IST

Covid 19 Live Updates: 'Masks not mandatory yet, will wait for Centre’s guidelines,' says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Referring to the Covid situation in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday said: "We request patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) to mask up, though there has been no mandate from the Centre to this regard so far."

14:40 IST

Maharashtra Sees 700 Cases In A Day

On Thursday, Maharashtra recorded the highest single-day detection of Covid-19 cases in more than five months at nearly 700. The state's active case tally has now surpassed 3,000 due to the sharp increase in infections, which doubled in just nine days. Districts have been requested to increase testing in order to find and isolate positive cases by the state health department. Thursday saw 694 cases registered in Maharashtra, up from the 483 cases recorded on Wednesday. On October 27, 2022, 972 cases were recorded.