Covid Live Updates: India Logs 2,380 Fresh Cases And 15 Deaths In Last 24 Hours, Active Case Tally At 27,212
Several parts of the country are witnessing a rise in Covid cases. The Centre has asked states to increase vigilance in the wake of the spike in cases. Follow all updates on Covid cases here.
Background
As the country witnesses a spike in Covid cases, the Centre has advised caution and increased vigilance. Delhi, Maharashtra and Kerala have witnessed a rise in Covid cases recently.
Delhi on Wednesday reported 300 new Covid infections in the last 24 hours, against 214 cases reported on previous day, while the daily new Covid cases in India jumped to a 5-month high of 2,151.
Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman, National IMA COVID Task Force and former President, Indian Medical Association, said that the gradual waning of immunity, dropping of precautions, and genetic mutations are some reasons for the rising cases.
"Covid-19 is a cyclical viral disease, which means that periodically there will be surges. Reasons include gradual waning of immunity, dropping of precautions, greater mingling, travel, and genetic mutations that allow the virus to escape the human immune response from either vaccination, prior infection or both.
"The good news is that all the recent sublineages isolated from India are exclusively Omicron, which unlike Delta, is less likely to directly attack the lungs. However, Omicron is known to aggravate underlying disease conditions and result in serious outcomes, especially in older people. It is also known to cause less severe disease among vaccinated adults," he said.
Dr Jayadevan also said that what makes Covid-19 difficult to contain is its ability to repeatedly infect the same person, regardless of prior infection or vaccination.
"Multiple strategies have to be followed at once to reduce the total disease burden in the community, and on hospitals. The strategy also must include keeping elderly people safe, especially during times of surge, for instance, by staying away from crowded indoor gatherings in ill-ventilated spaces. Masking and triaging at hospitals will help reduce the spread of virus from Covid patients to others, some of whom might be in the vulnerable category," he said.
In wake of sudden rise in cases, the Health Ministry on Monday held a high-level meeting to review preparedness status of the entire spectrum of management of the pandemic with states and UTs through Video Conference.
India Reports 2,380 Fresh Covid Cases In Last 24 Hours
India on Sunday recorded 2,380 Covid infections in the last 24 hours while active cases dipped to 27,212 from 30,041 a day earlier, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The death count climbed to 5,31,659 with 15 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Maharashtra Sees 176 Covid-19 Cases, Two Fatalities
The health department reported 176 coronavirus cases and two fatalities in Maharashtra on Saturday. The state's COVID-19 tally increased to 81,67,342 with the new additions, bringing the death toll to 1,48,536.
Maharashtra had reported 299 cases and two fatalities the day before. There were 47 new infections in Mumbai. Two new COVID-19 fatalities have been reported from Mumbai and Ratnagiri. According to the health department bulletin, the state's case fatality rate is now 1.81 percent.
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