After a five-week rise, Covid-19 cases in the country registered a 25% fall in the week ending Saturday as compared with the previous seven days. Deaths from the virus too decreased to 22, down from 31 in the previous week. India reported 3,623 fresh cases during the week (January 7-13) as opposed to 4,862 in the previous one. Most major states logged a decrease in the number of reported infections, with the exception of Bengal and Gujarat, where the numbers showed a rising trend.