Covid Scare In India Continues As Active Infections Rise By Over 500 In 24 Hours; Delhi Reports First Death
Cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in the country with 500 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours taking the nationwide tally to 1,700.
Total active caseload in the country stands at 2,710 with 752 infections reported over this week.
Seven people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours with 2 patients from Maharashtra and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu. All the deceased had comorbidities, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, except one from Gujarat whose details were not known at the time of filing this report.
Total Covid-19 Cases In India
States Active Case Deaths
Andhra Pradesh 16
Arunachal Pradesh 3
Assam 2
Chandigarh 1
Chattisgarh 3
Delhi 294 1
Goa 7
Gujarat 223 1
Haryana 20
Jammu Kashmir 4
Karnataka 148 1
Kerala 1,147
Madhya Pradesh 10
Maharastra 424 2
Mizoram 2
Odisha 5
Puducherry 35
Punjab 4 1
Rajasthan 51
Tamil Nadu 148 1
Telangana 3
Uttrakhand 2
Uttar Pradesh 42
West Bengal 116
Total 2710 7
The fatality in Delhi is the first such case in this new wave of infections. The deceased is a 60-year-old woman suffering from acute intestinal obstruction post-laparotomy. “The COVID-19 finding was incidental,” said the ministry in its bulletin.
On Thursday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that 19 Covid patients are hospitalised in the national capital, but there is no need to worry. The Delhi government is alert and hospitals are prepared to deal with any eventuality, she said.
According to the latest data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), set up under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the emerging variants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 are responsible for the rise in SARS-CoV-2 cases in the country.
So far, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not classified either LF.7 or NB.1.8 as Variants of Concern (VOCs) or Variants of Interest (VOIs).
