India reports 10,753 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

According to the Union Health Ministry’s daily bulletin, a total of 10,753 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country in the last 24 hours, a marginal decrease from Friday’s count of 11,109 cases. India recorded 10,158 new Covid cases on Thursday. The active caseload stood at 53,720, or 0.12% of the total cases, according to the union health ministry on Saturday.

The country saw 6,628 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing total recoveries to 4,42,23,211, with a recovery rate of 98.69%, according to the bulletin. According to the report, the daily positivity rate was 6.68 percent, while the weekly positivity rate was 4.49 percent.

According to the report, a total of 220.66cr vaccine doses have been administered under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, with 397 doses administered in the last 24 hours. It goes on to say that with 1,58,625 coronavirus tests performed in the last 24 hours, the total number of tests performed to date stands at 92.38 crores. With the recent increase in Covid cases, medical experts have warned that the new XBB1.16 variant is capable of evading people’s immune systems, and the next four weeks are critical.

“COVID-19 in India is moving towards the endemic stage. Covid will rise for the next 10 days, but cases will start reducing. Even though cases are increasing but hospitalization is low. The current rise in cases is due to the XBB.1.16 variant which is a sub-variant of Omicron,” an official told ANI on Wednesday.

Mock drills were conducted on April 10 and 11 in a total of 33,685 health facilities, including 28,050 government facilities and 5,635 private health facilities, amid a gradual increase in COVID-19 cases in several states.

Following the increasing number of Covid cases, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud stated earlier this month that lawyers are free to appear virtually in court. According to CJI Chandrachud, newspaper reports show that Covid cases are on the rise, and if a lawyer wants to appear virtually before the court, they can, and the hybrid mode is also available.

“We saw newspaper reports on rising Covid cases. Lawyers can use hybrid mode. If you choose to appear online, we will hear you,” said the CJI.

After considering the low infection rate and the number of Covid cases in Delhi and across the country, the Supreme Court reverted to the physical hearing mode of case adjudication on April 4, 2022.

Following the increasing number of Covid cases, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud stated earlier this month that lawyers are free to appear virtually in court.
According to CJI Chandrachud, newspaper reports show that Covid cases are on the rise, and if a lawyer wants to appear virtually before the court, they can, and the hybrid mode is also available.

“We saw newspaper reports on rising Covid cases. Lawyers can use hybrid mode. If you choose to appear online, we will hear you,” said the CJI.

After considering the low infection rate and the number of Covid cases in Delhi and across the country, the Supreme Court reverted to the physical hearing mode of case adjudication on April 4, 2022. For quite some time, the Supreme Court has been successfully experimenting with the hybrid method, which is a combination of physical and virtual hearings. Even after physical hearings resume, the Supreme Court has begun live-streaming Constitution bench proceedings via the Supreme Court app and YouTube.