Cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in the country with 500 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours taking the nationwide tally to 1,700.
Total active caseload in the country stands at 2,710 with 752 infections reported over this week.
Seven people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours with 2 patients from Maharashtra and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu. All the deceased had comorbidities, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, except one from Gujarat whose details were not known at the time of filing this report.
Total Covid-19 Cases In India
| States | Active Case | Deaths |
| Andhra Pradesh | 16 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | |
| Assam | 2 | |
| Chandigarh | 1 | |
| Chattisgarh | 3 | |
| Delhi | 294 | 1 |
| Goa | 7 | |
| Gujarat | 223 | 1 |
| Haryana | 20 | |
| Jammu Kashmir | 4 | |
| Karnataka | 148 | 1 |
| Kerala | 1,147 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10 | |
| Maharastra | 424 | 2 |
| Mizoram | 2 | |
| Odisha | 5 | |
| Puducherry | 35 | |
| Punjab | 4 | 1 |
| Rajasthan | 51 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 148 | 1 |
| Telangana | 3 | |
| Uttrakhand | 2 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 42 | |
| West Bengal | 116 | |
| Total | 2710 | 7 |
The fatality in Delhi is the first such case in this new wave of infections. The deceased is a 60-year-old woman suffering from acute intestinal obstruction post-laparotomy. “The COVID-19 finding was incidental,” said the ministry in its bulletin.
On Thursday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that 19 Covid patients are hospitalised in the national capital, but there is no need to worry. The Delhi government is alert and hospitals are prepared to deal with any eventuality, she said.
According to the latest data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), set up under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the emerging variants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 are responsible for the rise in SARS-CoV-2 cases in the country.
So far, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not classified either LF.7 or NB.1.8 as Variants of Concern (VOCs) or Variants of Interest (VOIs).
