New Delhi, April 7: India reported 1,033 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data updated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
The country reported 43 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours.
With the new cases, the active caseload stands at 11,639, accounting for 0.03 percent of the country's total positive cases. Meanwhile, 1,222 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Now, the total recoveries stand at 4,24,98,789.
The current recovery rate is at 98.76 percent, while the daily positivity rate is at 0.21 percent.
With 4,82,039 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 79.25 crore Covid tests have been conducted in India so far, according to an update by the Health ministry. A total of 185.20 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
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Meanwhile, India on Wednesday reported the first case of new Covid-19 variant XE in Mumbai. The new coronavirus variant is a mutation of BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains that were recently traced in the UK.
The WHO had already issued a warning against the XE variant of Omicron. It is likely to be more transmissible than any other Covid-19 strain.
The new strain XE was detected in the UK at the start of the new year. Britain's health agency said on April 3 that XE was first detected on January 19 and 637 cases of the new coronavirus variant have been reported in the country so far.
Symptoms of the new XE Covid-19 variant are different for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Fever, sore throat, scratchy throat, cough and cold, skin irritation and discolouration, gastrointestinal distress, etc are some common symptoms; initial symptoms are fatigue, dizziness, headaches, sore throat, muscle soreness and fever.
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