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Covid cases in decline, third wave peak crossed on January 21: Govt

Daily nos. still over 100,000, don't lower guard, health ministry cautions

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The health ministry said the Covid situation in the country was improving even though there were pockets of high case load

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
With the Covid trajectory of the third wave in decline for the past two weeks, the health ministry said on Thursday that the cases peaked at 347,245 on January 21 — at a level lower compared to the second wave peak when daily cases had touched 414,188.

“We don’t talk in terms of waves but only present the data as we see it. Daily cases are declining but are still over 100,000, which means we have to be very careful,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, health ministry. India registered over 172,000 new Covid infections in the last 24 hours.

The government also