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The sudden surge of daily COVID-19 cases in the national capital and other neighbouring states has sparked concerns over the possibility of a new coronavirus wave.
On Tuesday, India reported 1,247 coronavirus infections taking the total number of active cases increased to 11,860, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Among these daily cases, Delhi witnessed a massive spike as its COVID-19 positivity rate jumped to 7.72 per cent with 501 fresh cases. Meanwhile, neighbouring region Noida is also witnessing an upward trend in daily COVID-19 cases. On Monday, Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district reported 65 new coronavirus cases including 19 children.
These have taken the number of active cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar to 332, with children constituting around 100 cases.
In the last few days, nearly 100 school children in the NCR region of the national capital have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19 disease.
The uptick in fresh cases has raised concerns among people and the government at the Centre has also recently alerted 5 states amid fears of a fourth wave.
- Re-opening of schools for all has led to a spread of the virus among young children.
- Low vaccination rates among the kids
- Many stopped wearing face masks, one of the biggest protections against covid infections.
- Lack of adherence to Covid measures after several states removed all Covid-related restrictions and mask mandate
In the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases, doctors have pointed out that the typical symptoms include mild cough, cold, fever, and headache. In a few cases, the symptoms can be diarrhoea and fatigue. So far, there are no pneumonia cases in the paediatric group, they noted.
They have also said that the most number of new COVID-19 cases are reinfections, especially those who had contracted the virus during the Delta wave or Omicron wave. Doctors have also mentioned that most patients with the virus again are showing mild to moderate symptoms.