India reported 6,660 new Covid-19 cases and 9,213 recoveries in the last 24 hours with the active cases now standing at 63,380 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country and the state, the Odisha government on Monday decided to make the wearing of face masks in all health institutions mandatory.
Delhi reported 948 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the lowest in the previous 12 days, said the state health department in a bulletin on Sunday.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday wrote a letter to the health secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Haryana, and the Government of NCT of Delhi in view of "consistent rise" in COVID 19 cases in the country.
The PMO informed in a statement that the focus of the meeting was on the status of preparedness of health infrastructure and logistics, drugs, vaccination campaign in the country and the key necessary steps as a response to recent surge in Covid-19 cases.
After six days of a nationwide falling trend in COVID cases, India reported a hike on Wednesday with 10,542 new infections, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Amid rising Coronavirus cases across the country, the West Bengal government issued a Covid-19 advisory on Tuesday. It advises people to avoid mass gatherings especially by the elderly, children, pregnant women and persons with co-morbidities.
Speaking to ANI, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said, "57 new patients of COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours and the total number of active cases in the state stands at 322. We have kept an eye on each and every patient. We are providing them better treatment."