More than 100 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Delhi as the virus sees a fresh rise in some parts of the country. COVID-19, which began in 2020, has taken millions of lives around the world. According to the central COVID-19 dashboard, India has a total of 1,009 active cases. Delhi has 104 active cases, with 99 of them reported in just the last week.

Kerala has the highest number of active cases (430), followed by Maharashtra (209). Delhi is third. Other states include Gujarat (83), Karnataka (47), Uttar Pradesh (15), and West Bengal (12). Seven deaths linked to COVID have been reported recently, four in Maharashtra, two in Kerala, and one in Karnataka. No active cases have been found in several regions, including Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Covid cases in India had dropped after a large-scale vaccination drive helped protect people and reduce the need for lockdowns and strict rules.

What is COVID-19 and how It spread

COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. It was first found in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The virus caught the attention of the U.S. in January 2020, when the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) warned about the outbreak in other countries. Later that month, the first case in the U.S. was found in Washington state.The virus spread quickly, and at first, experts didn’t know much about it. They weren’t sure how it spread, how fast it could move from person to person, or how dangerous it was. Tests to detect the virus were still being developed and were not widely available.

By March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) called it a global health emergency and gave the virus its official name - SARS-CoV-2. That same month, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, meaning it had spread all over the world. After more than three years, in May 2023, the WHO said the global health emergency was over. This marked the end of a major chapter in the fight against COVID-19.