Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Reports 43,211 New Cases, 19 Deaths. 238 Omicron Infections
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: The Centre has said the Omicron Covid variant was not common cold and should not be taken lightly.
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (PTI) Punjab's coronavirus tally surged to 6,49,736 on Friday with 7,642 fresh cases, while the death toll climbed to 16,731 as 21 more people succumbed to the viral infection, according to a medical bulletin.
Of the fresh cases, Ludhiana reported 1,808, Mohali 1,215, Jalandhar 695, Patiala 634 and Bathinda 469, the bulletin stated.
Seven deaths were reported from Ludhiana, four from Jalandhar, two each from Hoshiarpur and Patiala and one each from Amritsar, Barnala, Gurdaspur, Moga, Sangrur and Tarn Taran, it said.
The number of active coronavirus cases in Punjab increased to 34,303 from 30,384 on Thursday. The state's positivity rate stands at 21.19 per cent, up from 17.02 per cent the previous day, the bulletin said.
A total of 485 patients are on oxygen support, while 30 critical patients are on ventilator support, it said.
As many as 3,612 more patients recuperated from the viral infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 5,98,702, it added.
Chandigarh reported 1,834 fresh coronavirus cases that pushed its infection tally to 74,475, the bulletin said.
With two more fatalities, the city's death toll reached 1,086, it said.
Chandigarh recorded a positivity rate of 25.21 per cent, according to the bulletin.
The number of active cases in the city stands at 7,257, while 66,132 people have recovered from the infection so far, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (PTI) Children in the age group of 15-18 years who are not vaccinated against Covid will not be allowed to enter schools, when they reopen, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Friday.
Schools in the state are currently shut in view of big surge in coronavirus cases in the past fortnight.
The minister issued the instruction during a meeting with officials to review the current Covid situation in the state.
"During the meeting, the health minister urged all the parents of children between 15 to 18 years of age to get their wards vaccinated at the earliest, as when the schools open, those who have not been vaccinated will not be allowed to enter the school," an official statement said.
Over 15 lakh children in Haryana between 15-18 years of age are eligible to get Covid vaccine and vaccination for this age group started on January 3.
With the state witnessing big surges in Covid cases, Vij said two nodal officers will be appointed for each district, out of which one officer will monitor arrangements at the government hospitals and the other in private ones.
These nodal officers will provide information about the arrangements available in the hospitals to the state government, he said.
Maharashtra reports 43,211 new COVID cases, 33,356 recoveries, and 19 deaths today. Active cases: 2,61,658
238 patients with Omicron infection have been reported in the state today. Till date, a total of 1605 Omicron cases have been reported in Maharashtra.
Kerala reports 16,338 new COVID cases, 3848 recoveries, and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 76,819
Death toll: 50,568
West Bengal registers 22,645 fresh cases & 28 deaths today; Active cases rise to 1,45,483; Positivity rate at 31.14%
Lucknow, Jan 14 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh on Friday reported 16,016 fresh coronavirus infections that took its active caseload to 84,440, while three more fatalities pushed the death toll to 22,949, an official statement issued here said.
Of the latest cases, 2,209 were reported from Lucknow, 1,887 from Ghaziabad, 1,817 from Gautam Budh Nagar and 1,203 from Meerut, among other places, it said.
The total number of Covid cases in the state stands at 18,01,231.
While two of the latest deaths were reported from Meerut, one was reported from Gautam Budh Nagar, the statement said.
As many as 2,554 more coronavirus patients recovered from the infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 16,93,842, it said.
Over 2.54 lakh samples were tested for the detection of the viral infection the previous day. With this, the total number of tests conducted in the state has risen to over 9.58 crore, it added.
Meanwhile, BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar and BSP's legislature party leader Umashankar Singh have tested positive for coronavirus.
Shekhar, who is the son of former prime minister Chandrashekhar, said in a tweet that he and his family are isolating at home.
"Today mine and my family's corona test report has come positive. Right now, my family and I are feeling healthy. On the advice of doctors, we have isolated ourselves at home. All those who have come in contact with me in the last few days are requested to get themselves checked," he said.
BSP's Singh, who is an MLA from Rasra, has also tested positive for Covid, officials said.
Mumbai reports 11,317 fresh cases & 9 deaths today; Active cases at 84,352
Delhi reports 24,383 new cases, 34 deaths and 26,236 recoveries. Active cases 92,273, Positivity rate 30.64 %.
Home isolation will be over after 7 days pass from testing positive without getting a fever for 3 successive days, after which no re-testing is required; asymptomatic contacts need not take a Covid test: Ministry of Health
COVID-19 | Kerala govt decides to suspend offline classes up to 9th standard. Decision made in the high-level meeting held today: Chief Minister's Office
New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Refuting media reports on COVID-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the Health Ministry said the state had over 24 lakh unutilised doses of Covaxin and received an additional 6.35 lakh doses on Friday.
According to the media reports, the state government is unable to increase the pace of vaccination due to a shortage in vaccine availability.
"As per their weekly consumption data available on Co-WIN, the average consumption by Maharashtra for Covaxin to cover the eligible beneficiaries for 15-17 years and for precaution dose is almost 2.94 lakh doses per day. Therefore, the state has adequate vaccine doses for about 10 days to cover the eligible beneficiaries with Covaxin," the ministry said in a statement.
"Furthermore, for Covishield, the state has 1.24 crore unutilised and balance doses available as on date. With an average consumption of 3.57 lakhs per day, this will sustain for more than 30 days for the beneficiaries to be vaccinated using the vaccine," it said.
Hence, the media reports are not factually correct and do not reflect the correct picture of the available stock of balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses with Maharashtra, the ministry said.
Delhi reported 28,867 COVID cases yesterday. Today, the national capital is expected to record less than 25,000 cases. 75% of the COVID patients who died in the recent past were unvaccinated. More than 13000 beds (88%) are available: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain
DCGI's Subject Expert Committee to review applications of Bharat Biotech and SII for full market approval to Covaxin and Covishield today: ANI Sources
Maharashtra government asks the Centre to provide 50 lakh vials of Covishield and 40 lakh vials of Covaxin vaccines, in order to combat the spread of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the state.
1,09,345 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,48,24,706
2,64,202 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
5,753 Total Omicron cases detected so far; an increase of 4.83% since yesterday
Daily positivity rate (14.78%)
Weekly Positivity Rate (11.83%)
69.90 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 17,87,457 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
India reports 2,64,202 fresh COVID cases (6.7% higher than yesterday) and 1,09,345 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
India's Active caseload currently stands at 12,72,073
Active cases stand at 3.48%
Recovery Rate currently at 95.20%
COVAXIN is now a universal vaccine for adults and children. Our goals of developing a global vaccine against COVID-19 have been achieved and all product development for licensure has been completed: Bharat Biotech
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: India is undergoing a massive surge in the number of Covid-19 cases since the dawn of the new year. New Delhi, Mumbai, and other cities have become the epicenters of Covid-19.
Delhi recorded 28,867 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest ever single-day rise in infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to health department data, 31 Covid-related deaths were registered in Delhi. Delhi's previous biggest daily spike of 28,395 cases was recorded on April 20, 2021, during the peak of the second wave.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization approved two new Covid-19 treatments on Friday, growing the arsenal of tools along with vaccines to stave off severe illness and death from the virus.
More than 26,19,670 precaution doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities since January 10, the Union Health Ministry said.
PM Modi held a review meeting on Covid-19 with CMs of all the states.
In the review meeting with chief ministers over the coronavirus situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the focus must be on local containment while stressing the importance of safeguarding the economy and livelihood of common people while framing Covid-19 strategies.
The Prime Minister stressed that states should be in a position to provide maximum treatment to infected population in home isolation.
The active cases have increased to 11,17,531, the highest in 216 days. The death toll has climbed to 4,85,035, with 380 fresh fatalities, according to Health Ministry data.
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