Covid-19 April 5 Latest News: In a slightly worrisome sign, Mumbai on Tuesday reported 56 COVID-19 cases — which denotes a three-fold rise from the addition to the tally a day earlier. The capital city of Maharashtra had reported 18 Coronavirus cases on Monday. With today’s tally, the number of cases in Mumbai has gone over the 50-mark for the first time since March 28.

Earlier, scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19, can lead to long-term pain, an advance that could lead to a potential therapy for the disorder, according to a PTI report. The research was presented at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics annual meeting held between April 2-5 in Philadelphia, US. The scientists also predicted that SARS-CoV-2 downregulates the activity of several previously identified pain regulators and a protein called interleukin enhancer binding factor 3 (ILF3).

Shanghai saw a new surge in Covid-19 cases to more than 13000 new infections, with no end to lockdown in sight. This was after a day of intensive city-wide testing. The lockdown now covers more than 25 million people after restrictions in the city’s western districts were extended until further notice in what has become a testing ground for the government’s zero-tolerance “dynamic clearance” approach and its ability to contain the highly infectious Omicron variant, reported Reuters.

Here are the latest updates on Covid situation from India and around the globe:

– The Covid pandemic is not ending anytime soon! A new strain of Coronavirus variant called XE has been detected in the UK, which is a mutation of strains of the Omicron variant. Early indications suggest it could be around 10% more transmissible than other Omicron mutations. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is studying XE — a mutation of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains — and as of March 22, 637 XE cases had been detected in England, according to official figures. Professor Susan Hopkins, the UKHSA’s chief medical advisor, as reported by PTI, said such variants are known as “recombinant” and usually die off “relatively quickly”.

– India on Tuesday reported 795 new infections, taking its total Covid case tally to 4,30,29,839. The active cases dipped to 12,054, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The data stated that the death toll climbed to 5,21,416 with 58 fresh Covid fatalities. A reduction of 543 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

– Ministry said that a reduction of 543 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.17 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was at 0.22 per cent.

– The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,24,96,369, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.21 per cent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive have exceeded 184.87 crore.

– According to data from the health department, Kerala reported 354 new COVID-19 cases, 282 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. Three deaths which were not reported due to lack of documents and 64 deaths as per the new guidelines, added. With the fresh fatalities, the Covid-19 death toll in the state increased to 68,196. The state still has 2507 active Covid-19 cases.

– China reported 1,235 confirmed coronavirus cases for April 4, the national health authority said on Tuesday, compared with 1,405 a day earlier, reported Reuters. As of April 4, mainland China had confirmed a total of 157,378 cases.

– The US national public health agency on Monday said that the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for nearly three of every four coronavirus variants in the country, reported Reuters.

– Negotiators in US Congress have agreed to an additional $10 billion in Covid-19 funding but have dropped international aid from the package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday.

-The Modi government never promised Rs 4 lakh as compensation for the families that suffered Covid deaths, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar said in the Rajya Sabha today. replying to a question by the Congress lawmaker, Pawar said that Rs 50,000 is the fixed relief amount and is being given after due diligence at the local level.