Huge increase in number of Covid patients in country, over 90,000 new cases

NEW DELHI: There has been a huge increase in the number of Covid patients in the country. A rise of 56.6 % has been witnessed in a single day. More than 90,000 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the past 24 hours.

In the last week of December, less than 10,000 Covid cases were reported daily in the country. Within days the number of patients increased sharply. The number of people seeking treatment in the hospital has also increased.

The union ministry of health expressed concern over the increase in the number of Covid cases per day. The situation in Maharashtra is very serious. As of January 5, the number of patients in the state had risen to 69,008 from 5141 active patients on December 15. In Mumbai alone, 15,014 people were confirmed of Covid yesterday.