India reports 12,193 new Covid cases and 42 deaths, with active cases now at 67,556. The government advises a risk assessment-based approach and urges people to wear masks and complete their vaccination doses.
Scientists attribute the current surge to the XBB.1.16 variant but say people in India have developed hybrid immunity. NEW DELHI: India has reported a sharp rise of 12,193 Covid cases and 42 deaths on Saturday taking the trajectory of active cases to 67,556.
While the daily positivity rate has reached 6.17%, the weekly positivity rate remains at 5.33 %. In the last three years of the pandemic, India has reported to more than 44.9 million cases and 5,31,300 Covid-related deaths.
The trajectory of Covid cases has increased gradually across the country with Karnataka reporting 2070 active cases while Kerala has 18,143 active cases.