Five to 10 per cent of the active COVID cases this time so far needed hospitalisation but the situation is dynamic and may change rapidly, the Centre said on Monday and asked states to keep a watch on cases under home isolation and in hospitals.

In a fresh advisory in the evening, the Indian Council of Medical Research said the contacts of COVID patients, unless identified as high-risk, don’t need to be tested
During the second wave, the percentage of active cases that needed hospital care were in the range of 20-23 per cent, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter to states and Union territories.