India recorded 5,357 new Covid-19 infections on April 9. With the addition of new cases, the active caseload in India crossed the 32,000 mark.
India currently has 32,814 active covid-19 cases, comprising 0.07 per cent of the total infections. The Covid case tally of the country has reached 4.47 crore with the addition of new cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s latest data.
On April 8, India recorded 6,155 new COVID-19 infections. According to the Health Ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases across India, the Uttar Pradesh Government has issued a ‘high-priority’ directive, instructing concerned officials to ensure that international passengers are screened at all airports. After a high-level Covid analysis meeting, Kerala government made masks mandatory for vulnerable populations, including elderly and pregnant women.
The Yogi Government has made use of masks mandatory for all people in crowded places. As per an order issued by the State Government, all samples which test positive for Covid should mandatorily be sent for genome sequencing.
“Private and government labs should send all positive Covid samples to the microbiology department at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) for whole genome sequencing,” said the directive.
The Haryana Government has also made wearing face masks mandatory in public places, said a bulletin issued by the Haryana Health Department on April 9.
The statement said, “It is intimated that in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Health Minister, Haryana on 03.04.2023, it has been observed that there is a significant upsurge in the number of COVID cases with an increased positivity rate of COVID-19 infection in the State of Haryana over past few weeks.”
Health department authorities have instructed hospitals, polyclinics and dispensaries in Delhi to scale up testing amid an upward trend in COVID-19 cases here in the past several days, sources said on Saturday. More than 3,800 coronavirus cases have been recorded in the city during the March 30-April 7 period.
Delhi logged 535 fresh Covid cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department. The sources said the department has instructed hospitals, polyclinics and dispensaries in the city to increase Covid testing.
