Amid a spike in daily cases of Covid-19 in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the situation and public health preparedness.
According to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday morning, the active caseload currently stands at 7,026 with 1,134 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours.
According to data, the daily positivity rate was 1.09 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.98 per cent.
The death toll climbed to 5,30,813 with five deaths. One death each has been reported by Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra while one fatality was reconciled by Kerala.
A total of 92.05 crore tests for detection of Covid have been conducted so far with 1,03,831 being tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Delhi reported 83 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 5.83 per cent. The city has seen an increase in the number of fresh Covid cases over the last few days, amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.
In Mumbai, 101 news cases were reported on Tuesday while 133 infections cases were reported in Pune.
