With the uptick in the trend of Covid cases, scientists said that XBB.1.16 is the Covid-19 variant responsible for the present surge in Covid cases.
However, scientists say that people in India have developed hybrid immunity NEW DELHI: India reported 1,509 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 1.33%, the union health ministry said on Saturday.
With more than 44.8 million cases, the country has recorded more than 530,824 deaths so far. The trajectory of Covid cases has increased gradually across the country with Karnataka reporting 635 active cases while Kerala has 2,186 active cases.
Maharashtra has 1,763 active cases, Gujarat has 1,291 cases, Delhi has recorded 424 cases, Tamil Nadu has 549 active cases, and Telangana with 145 cases.