Despite a sustained decline in daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases across the country, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat showed a significant increase in new infections over the last week. Delhi recorded 943 fresh Covid cases, a 26 per cent increase from the previous week, while neighbouring Haryana witnessed a nearly 50 per cent rise with 514 new infections.
In the previous week, Delhi and Haryana have recorded 751 and 344 cases, respectively. With a dip in testing numbers, the daily test positivity rate in the national capital has remained over 1 per cent for the past several days. Gujarat also saw an 89 per cent jump in new Covid cases in the last seven days, however, the overall numbers remained low at 115.States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana reported a continued decline in new infections but the downward trend slowed down over the week. Maharashtra registered 776 Covid cases, a 12 per cent dip from the previous week, while infections in Karnataka fell by 8 per cent.
