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With COVID cases increasing again in some states, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan directed them to take necessary actions to curb the spread of the virus. This comes at a time when the buzz around new COVID variants and the 4th coronavirus wave continues to scare us.
In a letter to Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram, Bhushan asked them to maintain a strict watch and take pre-emptive action if required owing to the rise in the number of cases last week.
Meanwhile, Bhushan is likely to hold a meeting with the health secretaries and health officials of all States/UTs regarding COVID19 precaution dose administration tomorrow, official sources said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
India saw a single-day rise of 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067, while the active cases have further declined to 11,492 , according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,21,573 with 43 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprised 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 147 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
(With inputs from agencies)
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