In a press conference, on Monday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “We have 89.51% people who have been cured, 1.25% deaths, and 9.24% active cases. If we look at new cases, we will find that the previous highest surge has already been crossed and the trend is going upward. That is a cause for worry.”
We have 89.51% people who have been cured, 1.25% deaths & 9.24% active cases. If we look at new cases, we will find that the previous highest surge has already been crossed and the trend is going upward. That is a cause for worry: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/ZE60kSGXa2
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
Additionally, Secretary Bhushan has mentioned that the daily deaths are also showing an increase in trend. He says, “However, the previous surge’s highest point was 1,114 and presently we have reported 879 deaths.”
Further, he adds, “Weekly positivity in the case of Chhattisgarh is increasing from one and a half percent; it has increased to 27.9% almost 28%. So, this is another cause of concern.”
Weekly positivity in case of Chattisgarh is increasing from one and a half percent, it has increased to 27.9% almost 28%. So, this is another cause for concern: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan pic.twitter.com/vgDR65G2Uc
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
Again, talking of the surge in Maharashtra, he says, “In Maharashtra, you will find that average daily cases, week on week, have grown significantly and reached a level of 57,000 plus. Tests/million growing but not keeping pace with the growth of average daily cases. If you look at the share of RT-PCR tests; it’s progressively coming down,” as quoted by ANI.
In Maharashtra you'll find that average daily cases, week on week, have grown significantly&reached a level of 57,000 plus. Tests/mn growing but not keeping pace with growth of avg daily cases. If you look at share of RT-PCR tests, it's progressively coming down:Union Health Secy pic.twitter.com/JPnfnM1RVM
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
Well, the Health Ministry has made it clear that the second wave of the Coronavirus is quite more detrimental than that of the last year. Also, the cases are rising at a swift pace.
The country has reported 1, 61,736 cases plus 879 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of active Covid cases stands at 12, 64, 698.
Meanwhile, till 8 am today, more than 10.85 crore doses of vaccine have been administered while over 40 lacks doses were administered, according to Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.
