India on Thursday reported 900 (20% increase) more Covid-19 cases than the previous day with 5,335 fresh infections in the last 24 hours according to the official website of the union health ministry. The number of infections have crossed 5,000 for the first time since September last year. The number of active cases stood at 25,587, comprising 0.05 per cent of the total infections.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health in India reported a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, with 4,435 new infections recorded, marking a 46% surge in daily cases. This is the highest single-day rise in almost six months, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease is 44,182,538, accounting for 98.76% of the overall tally. There have been 530,929 (1.19%) pandemic-related deaths so far.
Over than 2.2 billion doses of Covid vaccines have been administered so far, of which 1,993 were given in the past 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, Delhi recorded 509 new Covid-19 cases, which is slightly lower than the 521 cases reported the previous day. The Delhi health department released data showing that the positivity rate is currently 26.54% and there are 1,795 active cases in the city.
Both central and state governments have urged people to exercise vigilance in the wake of a fresh surge in Covid cases.
