Covid-19 Update: India Records 9,111 New Cases, 27 Deaths In 24 Hours

New Delhi: India recorded 9,111 new coronavirus infections, which took the country's active caseload to 60,313, the Union Health Ministry's data showed on Monday. The death toll also rose to 5,31,141, with 27 fresh fatalities.  According to the health ministry, active cases now account for 0.13 percent of total infections, and the national Covid-19 recovery rate is 98.68 percent. The total tally of Covid-19 has now jumped to 4.47 crore with the daily positivity rate being at 8.40 percent, and the weekly positivity rate at 4.94 percent.

According to the ministry, active cases now account for 0.13 percent of total infections, and the national Covid-19 recovery rate is 98.68 percent. The number of individuals who have recovered from the illness has risen to 4,42,35,772, with a case fatality rate of 1.19 percent. According to the ministry's website, the country has received 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine as part of the statewide vaccination drive. 

The state health agency reported 650 new coronavirus infections and two fatalities on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 81,55,839 and the death toll to 1,48,479. The state had documented 660 cases and two deaths due to Covid-19 the day before. There were 182 new cases reported in Mumbai.

Covid cases in Delhi

The state health department recorded 1,634 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with a positive rate of 29.68%, in a bulletin issued on Sunday.

A total of 5,505 tests were conducted and 270 were cured, discharged, or migrated. One death was reported in the past 24 hours, it is said. Total Covid-19 positive patients in home isolation are 3393.

Meanwhile, the country recorded 10,093 new cases of coronavirus infection on Sunday, as per the daily health bulletin released by the Union Health Ministry. According to the Health Ministry, India`s active caseload currently stands at 57,542 which is 0.13 percent of the total cases. 

Masks made mandatory in Tamil Nadu's Ranipet

Authorities in Tamil Nadu`s Ranipet have made wearing face masks mandatory in the district amid a surge in Covid cases in the state. District Collector S. Valarmathi has also directed people to maintain social distancing in crowded areas.

However the state Health Department has said that there was no need of panic as the state has not witnessed any large clusters and the cases are mostly isolated. It has, however, asked elderly people and those with co-morbidities to wear masks and not to move around in crowded places.

Here's what expert says about booster dose

Dr Sanjay Rai, the professor of Community Medicine, at AIIMS Hospital, Delhi, is of the opinion that at this point in time, a booster dose of the vaccine can do more harm than good. Talking to ANI, Dr. Sanjay said, "Due to the mutation in the RNA virus, the cases will continue to increase and decrease. This situation will continue like this in the coming times as well. There is no need to panic about this. The people that will get infected with the new variants will create new immunity. But despite all this, the more important thing is whether the severity, hospitalization, or death rate is increasing.