This Article is From Mar 22, 2023

PM Modi Holds High-Level Meet On Covid As Daily Cases Spike

India Covid Cases: India has recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026.

The daily positivity was recorded at 1.09 per cent. (File)

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid situation amid rise in cases in the country and also took stock of the public health preparedness, officials said.

India has recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The death count 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, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The daily positivity was recorded at 1.09 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.98 per cent.

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