Covid Spike: India records 1,805 fresh cases, active tally over 10K

Covid-19 infections continued to witness a spike in India on Monday, with the country recording 1805 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry’s latest data. With the addition of new cases, the active tally crossed 10,000 cases.

Amid the rising cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will hold a meeting, via video conferencing, with States’ Health Secretaries and senior officers to review Covid-19 preparedness today evening.

A nationwide mock drill is also being planned for April 10-11 wherein health facilities from all districts are expected to participate. Details of the mock drill will be communicated in the meeting today.

India on Sunday logged 1,890 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 149 days.

The daily positivity was recorded at 3.19 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.39 per cent.

The active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,64,815, with 932 new recoveries.