One hundred and seventy-two cases of Covid infections were reported in the State today, as per the data shared by the Public Health Department, Maharashtra.
As India logged 702 new COVID-19 cases and reported six deaths in the last 24 hours, Dr Dhiren Gupta, Senior Pediatrician, Sir Gangaram Hospital said that currently, most patients requiring hospitalisation are of Influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Amid the JN.1 scare, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases, of which nine cases of the JN.1 variant were reported, marking a total of 10 new variants in the state.
New Covid-19 variant EG.5 is on the rise in the US. The variant is causing about 17 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases in the country compared to 16 per cent for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
India logged 801 new COVID-19 cases and 1,815 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare bulletin said on Monday. With this, total Covid Recoveries stand at 4,44,35,204 and active caseload, which is 0.03% of the total reported cases, stand at 14,493.
A total of 107 recoveries were made in the past 24 hours.
"No death was reported in the past 24 hours and the active cases in the state stand at 452," the bulletin said.
India reported 2,961 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, witnessing a fall from Friday's tally of 3,611 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.