Govt calls India’s overall pandemic scenario optimistic

[AditiArora]

Even as the Health Ministry on Thursday said the overall Covid-19 situation in the country was very optimistic, it cautioned the people against lowering their guard as some states including Kerala, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh are still reporting a large number of infections. Addressing a briefing, Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Luv Aggarwal said four states — Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka — have more than 50,000 active cases of Covid-19, while 11 states have active cases between 10,000 and 50,000. Further stating that the the rate of infection spread has come down significantly, Aggarwal said the daily positivity rate of 20.75 per cent recorded on January 24 has now decreased to 4.44 per cent.


India reported 67,084 new Covid-19 cases and 1,241 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am, Thursday. The active caseload in the country dipped to 7,90,789, from Wednesday’s 8.92 lakh. The daily positivity rate also saw a slight decrease from 4.54% to 4.44% on Thursday.

[SwatiSood]

The Indian government has called its overall pandemic scenario optimistic, based on data from the first six months of the year. The country has seen a decrease in cases of human infections with the H1N1 virus, and there have been no fatalities as a result of the pandemic. New cases are still being reported, but at a slower rate than in previous months. Experts say that the country's robust healthcare infrastructure is playing a major role in controlling the spread of the virus.