Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised on the influenza situation in the country particularly with respect to higher number of cases of H1N1 and H3N2 being noted in last few months.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday, India logged 699 new cases of coronavirus, while the active cases increased to 6,559.
Mumbai reported 52 new cases, while 33 persons tested positive for the infection in Thane city, the official said.
In a statement, Health Minister Veena George said there has been a little increase in the number of Covid-19 cases with the state reporting 172 cases on Tuesday.
According to the data updated at 8 am, the daily positivity was recorded at 2.08 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.86 per cent.
The city has seen an increase in the number of fresh Covid cases over the last few days, amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.
The death toll climbed to 5,30,813 with five deaths with one each reported by Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra and one reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
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On Friday, Maharashtra had recorded 197 new cases and one fatality.
State's total active cases of coronavirus reached 10 with five new cases of the disease reported on Saturday.
The XBB 1.16 variant was first found in January when two samples tested positive for the variant while in February a total of 59 samples were found.
Globally, there have been more than 760,360,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6,873,400 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation
The number of active Covid-19 cases has increased to 5,026, comprising 0.01 per cent of the total infections.
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According to the data released by the medical and health department, 11 people were found coronavirus positive in the state on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the state had recorded 155 cases and two fatalities linked to the viral infection.
The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,48,426 with the addition of two fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, said the department in a bulletin.
The toll remained unchanged at 19,747 and the count of recoveries stood at 11,35,710 after 14 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, the official said.
On Monday, Mumbai reported 18 Covid-19 cases, which took the tally to 11,55,565, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,747, said a civic official.
In Shimla, A 75-year-old man died on Monday after contracting Covid, health officials said.
The toll remained unchanged at 8,904, while the count of recoveries stood at 4,73,576, an official said.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,56,093, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
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Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: Fresh cases: 114, Total Cases: 81,38,336, Total Deaths: 1,48,424, Discharged: 79,89,426, Total Tests: 8,64,92,854.
