NEW DELHI: Cases of Covid are rising in the country. There is an increase of 17% over the previous day. The Union Ministry of Health said that 1,150 new cases of Covid were reported in the last day.

There has been an increase of 175 cases in 24 hours. The previous day's Covid figure was 975. There are presently 11,558 patients in the country. The death toll from Covid rose to 5,21,751, with four more people dying of the disease yesterday.

The daily positivity rate in the country is 0.31 per cent and the weekly positivity rate is 0.27 per cent. The Ministry of Health said 186.51 crore Covid vaccines have been given across the country.

Meantime, there are reports that the spread of Covid is intensifying in many parts of Delhi. 461 new cases were confirmed the other day. Two died of the disease. There was also a 26% increase in the incidence of the disease. The daily positivity rate is 5.33%.