Despite the ongoing rise in daily cases, experts believe that Covid-19 in India is moving towards the endemic stage and infections will come down in the coming 10-12 days.
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported over 1,000 fresh cases of Coronavirus and nine deaths, with cities like Mumbai and Pune remaining the worst-hit. The state reported a whopping 1,115 new infections, taking the number of active cases to 5,421 with the highest 1,577 cases in Mumbai, followed by 953 in Thane, 776 in Pune, and 548 in Nagpur.
Of the nine Covid-related deaths reported, five were from Mumbai circle and two each from Mumbai and Thane and one in Vasai-Virar town, plus three in Pune city and one in Akola.
From the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the state’s cumulative total has shot up to 81,52,291 cases and 1,48,470 deaths, both highest in the country.
COVID CASES IN DELHI
The national capital, too, reported over 1,000 fresh cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Delhi government health bulletin stated. The positivity rate stands at 23.8 per cent. The city logged 1,149 new Covid cases, 664 recoveries and one death in the last 24 hours.
The total number of deaths now stands at 26,546. Between March 30 and April 11, the capital has recorded 17 fatalities, including four deaths on Sunday.
COVID ENTERING ENDEMIC STATGE IN INDIA
Even as India continues to witness a sharp uptick in daily cases of Covid-19, experts believe that it has now started moving towards the endemic stage and infections will start subsiding in the coming 10 to 12 days.
Speaking to news agency PTI, official sources said that though the cases are increasing, hospitalisation is low and expected to remain low.
The current rise in Covid cases is being driven by XBB.1.16, which is a sub variant of Omicron. However, there has been no evidence of an increase in hospitalisation or mortality during the recent surge in daily cases, official sources added.