widespread infection

New Delhi. Corona virus has started knocking once again in the country. The number of corona infected patients has started increasing rapidly. After four months, 2,994 new cases of Kovid-19 were registered in the country on Saturday, while the number of active cases increased to 16,354. On this people are apprehensive of the fourth wave of Corona. According to the data of the Union Health Ministry, the number of Kovid-19 cases in India has increased to 4.47 crore with new cases of infection. Meanwhile, 9 people have died and with this the death toll has increased to 5,30,876.

There have been two deaths each in Delhi, Karnataka and Punjab due to corona virus infection. Information about one death in Gujarat and two in Kerala has come to the fore. There are 16,354 active cases of corona, which is 0.04 percent of the total cases of infection. According to the website of the Ministry of Health, the national rate of recovery from Kovid-19 is 98.77 percent. According to news agency PTI, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.09 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.03 percent.

Infection spreading from Omicron XBB 1.16 variant
It is believed that in the last few weeks, there has been some respite in the cases of Kovid, despite the possibility of increasing 30 times from the lower base of less than 100 cases. According to Kovid data analyst Vijayanand, the Omicron XBB 1.16 variant may be behind the increase in Kovid-19 cases across the country.

416 new cases of corona in Delhi
On Saturday, 416 new cases of corona virus infection have been reported in Delhi, while the infection rate has increased to 14.37 percent. This is the highest number of cases in a day in the last seven months. This information was received from the data shared by the Health Department. According to the data of the Health Department, a case of death due to infection has come to light and the death toll has increased to 26,529.