India’s daily covid count crosses 6,000
India’s daily Covid graph saw a worrying upward curve today as the country added 6,050 cases, which is 13 per cent higher from 5,335 cases yesterday. Daily cases have crossed the 6,000-mark for the first time since September 16 last year.
Amid the upward trend in infections, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has called a review meet with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories today afternoon to review the preparedness in the country.
The death count in the country now stands at 5,30,943 with 14 deaths reported today — three reported from Maharashtra, two each from Karnataka and Rajasthan, one each from Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and one death was reconciled by Kerala, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday.
The daily positivity rate, an indicator of the spread of the infection, currently stands at 3.39 per cent and the country has an active caseload of 25,587.