1,247 new Covid cases were reported- a 43 per cent decline from yesterday. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the country also reported 1 Covid-related death, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,21,966.
Active cases in the country stands at 11,860 which accounts for 0.03 per cent of the total cases.
During this period, the daily positivity rate increased to 0.83 from 0.31 per cent yesterday. The weekly positivity rate saw a minor uptick as it currently stands at 0.32 per cent.
928 Covid patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The total number of recoveries jumped to 4,25,11,701 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. The recovery rate currently is at 98.76 per cent.
The mandatory wearing of masks as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 has not yet been lifted from Odisha and people should use them in crowded places, a senior health official said on Tuesday.
Though the coronavirus situation in the state is stable with the daily infections hovering between 10 and 20, it is important to follow COVID appropriate behaviour, Health Services Director Bijay Mohapatra told reporters here.
“The condition will be under control if everyone continues following COVID-19 guidelines,” Mr Mohapatra said.
Odisha recorded 16 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, while there was no fatality for the fourth consecutive day, the health department said.
Meanwhile, The Haryana government made the wearing of a face mask mandatory in four districts falling in the National Capital Region.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said in view of the rise in Covid cases over the past a few days in Gurugram, the wearing of a mask has been made compulsory there and in three other districts of Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar.
“However, as a precautionary measure in the districts which lie close to the national capital, we have made the wearing of a mask compulsory,” he said.
The wearing of masks will be mandatory with immediate effect. Those not wearing a mask will be fined, he said.
“We are studying which areas in Gurugram are seeing a surge,” said Vij while replying to a question.
To another question, he said some samples have been sent to Rohtak to see which variant is in circulation in Gurugram.
He said the Health Department is fully prepared to tackle any situation. “We are ready, our staff is ready, we have adequate beds, equipment, oxygen,” he said.
The decision by the Haryana government has come on the day Uttar Pradesh made it compulsory for people to wear a face mask in public places in Lucknow and six NCR districts.
The districts where the wearing of a mask has been made mandatory by the UP government are Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Bulandshahr and Baghpat.
