Endemic Stage: Coronavirus cases likely to increase for next two weeks
New Delhi : Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in India is transitioning towards an endemic stage, implying that cases may continue to rise for the next two weeks before eventually subsiding. Despite the increasing cases, hospitalizations are currently low and are anticipated to remain low, as stated in some media reports.
According to the reports, the current surge in Covid cases in India is being driven by the XBB.1.16 sub-variant of Omicron, which remains the dominant variant. However, most of the assigned variants show little to no significant increase in transmissibility, disease severity, or immune escape.
The prevalence of XBB.1.16 has increased from 21.6% in February to 35.8% in March, according to the sources. However, hospitalizations or mortalities associated with the subvariant have not increased in the nation in the recent time.
Over 7000 new coronavirus cases in a day
As per the latest data released by the Union Health Ministry, India reported 7,830 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's overall caseload to 40,215. The daily and weekly positivity rates currently stand at 3.65% and 3.83% respectively. Meanwhile, 4,692 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, with a total of 4,42,04,771 recoveries recorded so far.
In the same period, a total of 2,14,242 tests were conducted, taking the cumulative number of tests to 92.32 crore. Additionally, 441 doses were administered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to 220.66 crore. The active cases currently stand at 0.09%, and the recovery rate is 98.72%.
