Covid Returns! Active cases in India touches 4000-mark, five deaths reported in last 24 hours, Kerala, Maharashtra, Bengal, Delhi record…

Covid in India: India is witnessing a concerning rise in the Covid cases. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India’s active COVID-19 caseload has increased to 4,026, with five more deaths reported in the last 24 hours (as of 8 am, Tuesday). The fatalities were recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, all involving patients with underlying health conditions.

It is important to note that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed that although the new strain spreads rapidly and is highly mutable, it continues to cause mild illness. Common symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, headache, body aches, runny nose, and loss of appetite – similar to seasonal flu.

Karnataka is also witnessing a huge spike in the cases. Owing to the rise in the cases, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao sought to allay fears, saying the state government is ready for any eventuality. He said the recent Covid-19-related deaths in the state were not purely due to the virus but were primarily linked to other underlying diseases.

“This Covid has got mild infections, not very serious impact. But we are alert, and we have ensured that we are ready for any eventuality. All our infrastructure – oxygen, beds, ventilators – all of them are being updated and ensured that in any emergency, we should have all kinds of provisions. So, that way, we are ready.”

Haryana has reported 18 fresh cases and of them, 14 were found in Gurugram, Faridabad and Karnal districts. As of Monday, no patients were hospitalised.

On Monday, June 2, as many as 59 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Maharashtra, 20 of them in Mumbai alone, taking the number of infections since January 1 this year to 873 in the state, the health department said.

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