India's Daily COVID-19 Tally Crosses 5,000 Again, With A 40% Jump In New Cases In 24 Hours
After nearly three months, the number of COVID-19 cases reported in India in a day breached the 5000 mark on Wednesday.
A total of 5,233 infections were recorded in 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 5,24,715 with seven fresh fatalities, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Wednesday morning.
Nearly 40 per cent increase in 24 hours
The active cases comprise 0.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.72 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 1,881 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours.
On Tuesday, India had reported 3,714 COVID cases.
Maharashtra reports 1881 new cases
This increase is believed to be led by the surge in COVID cases in Maharashtra. The state reported 1,881 new coronavirus cases last evening, which is the highest since February 18.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.67 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.12 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,36,710, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.?
The seven new fatalities reported on Wednesday include five from Kerala and one each from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
A total of 5,24,715 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,866 from Maharashtra, 69,801 from Kerala, 40,108 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,213 from Delhi, 23,523 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,205 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
B.A.5 COVID-19 variant detected in Pune??
On Tuesday, Health authorities in Maharashtra said that a woman was found positive for B.A.5 COVID-19 variant in Pune.
According to the latest report on Whole genomic sequencing from BJ Medical College, the woman recovered in home isolation.
"A 31-year-old woman from Pune found positive for B.A.5 variant. The woman was asymptomatic and recovered in home isolation," read an official statement.
BA.4 and BA.5 are subvariants of the Omicron variant circulating globally. These were reported first from South Africa earlier this year and are now reported from several other countries. These variants have not been associated with disease severity or increased hospitalization.
The first case of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been found in Tamil Nadu and Telangana respectively confirmed the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).
For more on news, sports and current affairs from around the world, please visit?Indiatimes News.
