New Delhi: India has reported 1021 new covid cases across the country in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry said on Wednesday.
The number of active cases has declined to 11,393, while the daily positivity rate stands at 0.78%, and the weekly positivity rate at 0.97%.
Health officials have observed that the current wave of hospitalizations mainly consists of older individuals with comorbid conditions.
This has led to a call for these vulnerable groups to receive booster doses if they haven’t already. According to scientific findings, the XBB.1.16 variant is responsible for the recent cases.