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India reports 2,994 new covid cases in a day

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The union health ministry has directed the states and union territories to follow a risk assessment-based approach to prevent and contain the infection New Delhi: India reported 2,994 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with daily positivity rate seeing a jump of 2.09%, the union health ministry said on Saturday.

Active cases in the country have climbed to 16,354. The country has recorded more than 44.8 million cases, and over 530,876 deaths so far.

Covid cases have been increasing across the country with Karnataka reporting 1,108 active cases, while Kerala logging 4375 active cases.

Maharashtra has 3090 active cases, Gujarat 2310 cases, Delhi 945 cases, Tamil Nadu 777 cases, and Himachal Pradesh 873 cases.

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