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Thirty-two districts in India, including 11 from Kerala and five from Maharashtra, are reporting a weekly Covid positivity rate of more than 10% while in 35 districts, including nine from Delhi, the weekly positivity is between 5 and 10%

India logged a single-day rise of 13,216 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,83,793, while the active cases have increased to 68,108, according to health ministry data updated on Saturday morning.

The committee also advised citizens to continue wearing masks and follow proper pandemic protocols in public places.

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Dr NK Arora, the head of Covid-19 Task Group in National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NTAGI), said the fourth Covid wave in India will be driven by a new variant as the stealth Omicron has been seen in 75% of country's population.

NITI Aayog Member (Health) VK Paul said that the government will examine the scientific worth of the IIT Kanpur study on the fourth Covid-19 wave.