10 Apr 2023

Covid India updates | On day 1 of mock drills, health minister Mandaviya to visit AIIMS in Haryana

Covid India updates | On day 1 of mock drills, health minister Mandaviya to visit AIIMS in Haryana

  Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya during his visit to AIIMS, Rishikesh on Saturday.  Photograph: (ANI)

India registered 5,880 Covid infections in the past 24 hours, data released by the health ministry on Monday showed. The cases have been witnessing an upward trend for the past week. Health experts have attributed this uptick to the new variant XBB.1.16

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10 Apr 2023, 2:44 PM (IST)

Mock drills are being conducted in hospitals across the country regarding #COVID19 preparedness. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya reviewed the ongoing mock drill at RML Hospital and interacted with health workers in capital New Delhi.

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10 Apr 2023, 11:53 AM (IST)

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian inspects mock drill for emergency response for handling Covid19 at Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Chennai.

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10 Apr 2023, 11:53 AM (IST)

Telangana: Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad holds mock drill over Covid-19 preparedness.

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10 Apr 2023, 11:52 AM (IST)

India on Monday (April 10) has recorded 5,880 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, health ministry's data revealed. The active caseload has risen to 35,199. The daily positivity rate is 6.91 per cent and the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.67 per cent. 

The nation also reported 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, which took the overall death tally to 53,09,79. India has conducted 85,076 tests in the last 24 hours. 

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