Covid empowered groups to conduct review meeting in Delhi

The COVID empowered groups review meeting would be in Delhi at 430 pm on Wednesday said official sourcesDr V K Paul Director General Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR Dr Rajiv Bahl and other senior health officials will attend this meeting added the official sourcesAccording to the sources this is a review meeting to know the Covid19 situation and preparedness in the countryThe Indian SARSCoV2 Genomics Consortium INSACOG will also attend the meetingA total of 4435 fresh COVID19 infections were reported across the country in the last 24 hours a significant jump from Tuesdays tally of 3038 cases according to the Union health ministry data updated on WednesdayAlso Read Amid rising Covid19 cases SC says willing to hear lawyers through video conferencingIt is the highest singleday rise in the last nearly six months the ministry saidIndias active Covid caseload currently stands at 23091 with a daily positivity rate of 338 per cent the ministry saidThe COVID19 cases in India have seen an upward trend in the past few days with the daily fresh infections ranging between 2994 on April 1 to 3824 on April 2 and 3641 on April 3 and 3038 on April 4With 2508 recoveries in the last 24 hours the total number of recoveries stands at 44179 712 Indias recovery rate currently is at 9876 per cent the union ministry further statedUnder the Nationwide Vaccination Drive India has so far administered 22065 crore Covid vaccine doses of which 1979 doses were administered in the last 24 hoursThe ministry further stated that the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 279 per centIn the wake of rising COVID19 cases in India Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that Omicrons subvariant which is circulating in the country has not led to an increase in hospitalisations and there is no need to worryWe need to remain alert but there is no need to worry Currently the subvariant of Omicron which is circulating in the country hasnt increased hospitalisations Mandaviya saidThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines for Covid in the wake of the surge of cases in the past week across the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever