Covid-19 scares: Cases double in less than a week, sharpest jump since third wave

New Delhi: With rising cases of the Covid-19, it has concerned the authorities again. With 3824 new cases of corona were registered on Saturday in the country. This is the highest number in 6 months in terms of daily cases.

At the same time, the Covid cases have increased in the last seven days, it is the highest after the third wave.

India recorded 18,450 new cases during March 26-April last week, more than double the 8,781 in the previous week.

The doubling time of corona cases has been reduced to less than 7 days. The last time this happened was during the third wave when the daily figures were doubling in a week.

However, it is a matter of relief during this time that there has been a slight increase in fatality rate Last week, 36 people died due to Corona, while before that the figure was 29.

Kerala tops the list of states contributing to the doubling of cases in the last seven days. In Kerala, the number of corona cases jumped three times in a week from 1333 to nearly 4000.

The other states that have seen the fastest growth are Goa, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

In most of these states, the number of corona cases has increased three times in the last week compared to before. Corona cases in Himachal Pradesh increased from 409 to 1200 last week.