India Covid-19 Update Today: In the last 24 hours, 1249 new positive cases of corona virus have been reported in India. The number of people infected so far in the country has increased to 4,47,00,667. At the same time, the number of active patients has increased to 7,927. The Union Health Ministry released the figures on Friday (March 24) and said that one patient each died due to infection in Karnataka and Gujarat. After which the death toll in the country has increased to 5,30,813.
The daily rate of infection in India is 1.19 percent and the weekly rate is 1.14 percent. According to statistics, 7,927 people are currently infected in the country. corona virus Infection is being treated, which is 0.02 percent of the total cases. The national rate of recovery of patients is 98.79 percent. So far 92.07 crore tests related to Kovid-19 have been done in the country, out of which 1,05,316 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
According to statistics, a total of 4,41,61,922 people have become infection free so far, while the death rate from Kovid-19 is 1.19 percent. According to the website of the Ministry of Health, so far 220.65 crore doses of anti-Kovid-19 vaccines have been administered under the nationwide vaccination campaign in India.
1300 cases came on Thursday
Let us tell you that 1300 new corona cases came in India on Thursday, which is the highest in the last 140 days. PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting on COVID-19 and influenza to review the country’s preparedness to deal with the spike in the number of cases. In the meeting, he also reviewed the status of the vaccination campaign, the emergence of new forms of Covid-19 and types of influenza and their public health implications for the country.
Emphasis on increasing genome sequencing
Prime Minister Modi called for increasing laboratory surveillance, testing all cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and expediting genome sequencing. The PMO said that Prime Minister Modi told the need to ensure the availability of essential medicines for influenza and covid at health centers, while also asked to pay attention to adequate beds and human resources.
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