Covid-19 cases are again on a rise in India. The active Covid cases as of now are 7,605. A total number of 89,078 Covid tests were done on March 22. Three Covid-related deaths were recorded in India in the past 24 hours
Amid the rising Covid cases, PM Narendra Modi held a Covid review meeting to review public health preparedness. He stressed the five-fold strategy - Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and Covid appropriate behaviour, enhance lab surveillance and testing of all Severe Acute Respiratory Illness cases
PM Modi also emphasised on Covid-appropriate behaviour including wearing face masks, maintaining social distancing and advised senior citizens and those with comorbidities to stay indoors
Delhi reported 84 fresh Covid cases on March 21 taking up the cases tally to 292. Though, no Covid-related deaths were reported. The Covid positivity rate in Delhi rose to 5.08%
With 62 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the number of Covid recovery cases in Delhi has gone up to 19, 81,355. The total caseload in Delhi is 20,08,171 and the total death toll is 26,524
Maharashtra has recorded a steep rise in the number of Covid cases. It had 159 fresh cases in the last 24 hours taking the total caseload to 79,90,401. One fatality has been recorded
The Covid-19 vaccination programme has been extended to children between the age of 12 years and 14 years after administering the doses to children between the age group 15 years and 18 years. They are being administered the Corbevax vaccine
India is currently using four vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V and Corbevax. The Covid vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are administered in three stages - Covid vaccine 1st dose, Covid vaccine 2nd dose and a precautionary dose
The figures have been last updated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on March 22, the cumulative Covid data for March 23 will be updated in 24 hours