India registered 3,016 new cases of Covid in the past 24 hours, a 40 percent increase since yesterday. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 2.7 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.71 percent.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in the country has risen to 5,30,862 with 14 deaths – three reported from Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one reported from Himachal Pradesh in a span of 24 hours and eight atoned for by Kerala.
Active cases now make up 0.03 percent of total infections, while the national recovery rate from COVID-19 has been recorded at 98.78 percent, according to the Department of Health’s website.
Several states are planning emergency meetings this week over the alarming rise in Covid cases. Delhi, where the number of infections fell to 0 on January 16, recorded 300 cases in the past 24 hours.
Several districts in Maharashtra such as Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Sangli have also reported a sharp rise in the number of Covid cases.