Corona: 7,178 cases of corona in the last 24 hours in the country, number of active cases crossed 65 thousand – corona case update covid new case positivity rate ntc

In the last 24 hours, 7,178 new cases of corona have been registered in the country. With this, now the number of active cases in the country has increased to 65,683. The Union Health Ministry said that in the last 24 hours, the infection rate was recorded at 9.16 percent. Apart from this, 16 infected have died.

During this period, 78,342 tests of corona were done across the country, in which the positivity rate was recorded at 9.16. Earlier on Sunday, 10,112 cases of corona were reported and 9,833 infected were cured. There were 67,806 active cases of corona across the country on Sunday, which means there has been a decrease in active cases across the country. On the other hand, 12,193 cases of Kovid were registered on Saturday.

With this, the figure of total deaths has gone up to 5,31,345. Two patients each have died due to Corona in Delhi-Maharashtra. Apart from this, one patient each has died in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Along with this, the Ministry of Health has also added eight deaths, which could not be included due to some reason. The total number of cases of Kovid has increased to 4,43,01,865.

What do medical experts say?

Medical experts believe that the reason for the surge in corona cases in the country is the sub-variant XBB.1.16 of Omicron. However, now this sub-variant has mutated and another new sub-variant XBB.1.16.1 has been created.

The Consortium INSACOG, which monitors the variant of Corona, told that so far 436 cases of XBB.1.16.1 have been reported across the country. These cases have come up in 18 states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Haryana.

The XBB.1.16 variant surfaced in January this year when it was confirmed in two samples. According to INSACOG, 2,735 cases of the XBB.1.16 variant have been reported in 24 states.

What is XBB.1.16.1?

Every virus mutates. Due to mutation, its new variants come to the fore. Omicron’s sub-variant XBB.1.16 is believed to be responsible for the increasing cases of corona in India. XBB.1.16.1 sub-variant is a mutated version of XBB.1.16.