The state has joinedHimachal Pradeshat the top of states with R-value greater than the national Average.
As per the data shared by the Centre, there are six districts in Himachal Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Chamba, Mandi and Shimla which reported an increasing trend in daily new cases during the last two weeks, of which one district recorded a weekly positivity rate of over 10%, double the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Himachal is ranked third amongst states where an increasing trend has been noted in maximum districts.
The rate of infection in Haryana has been recorded at 1. However, the situation is stable at the moment. As per the latest data released by the Centre, no fresh cases of Delta Plus (AY.1) variant have been detected in the region. Out of 86, cases of Delta Plus variant that signifies Delta lineage with an additional mutation found in the country, only eight have been traced in the region four in Chandigarh, two in Punjab and one each in Himachal and Haryana in samples examined by the National Centre for Disease Control and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology for whole genome sequencing.