Mandaviya to chair crucial meeting with experts on rising COVID-19 cases
The Hindu
India logged 13,313 COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths on Thursday
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will on Thursday chair a high-level review meeting with the core team of experts over increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country, official sources said.
India has been witnessing an increase in coronavirus infections over the last couple of weeks.
As on date, ten States — Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal and Gujarat — have over 1,000 active cases.
India saw a single-day rise of 13,313 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,33,44,958, while the active cases have increased to 83,990, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,24,941 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
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The direction was issued to check the possibility of any new emerging variant or sub-variant and ascertain the reasons behind the breakthrough infections, sources had said.
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