Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Assam Imposes Total Lockdown In 7 Districts; Inter-State Movement Suspended
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, July 6: India reported 34,703 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours. Active cases have declined to 4,64,357 while the recovery rate rises to 97.17%.
India’s cumulative Covid Vaccination Coverage exceeded 35.75 crores (35,75,53,612) as per the provisional report till 7 am. More than 45 Lakh (45,82,246) vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours: Union Health Ministry
Months after witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases, Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record a single fresh infection in the last 24 hours, a health department official said on Tuesday. The coronavirus tally in the Union Territory remained at 7,482, he said.
Six people were cured of the disease on Monday, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 7,339. The death toll remained at 128 as no fresh fatality due to the contagion was reported in the last 24 hours, the official said. The Union Territory now has 15 active cases.
The local administration has been strict to contain the spread of the disease and has adopted an approach of tracking, testing and treating, he said, adding that people arriving here from the mainland are mandatorily required to undergo COVID test. Altogether, 1,91,102 people have been inoculated with 32,257 of them having received both doses of the vaccine.
The Andaman and Nicobar administration has conducted 4,14,166 sample tests for COVID-19 so far, and the positivity rate stands at 1.81 per cent, the official added.
India reports 34,703 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest in 111 days. Active cases decline to 4,64,357. The recovery rate rises to 97.17%.
Active cases constitute 1.52% of total case., 2,97,52,294 Total Recoveries across the country so far. 51,864 patients recovered during last 24 hours. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 54th consecutive day
Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.40%
Daily positivity rate at 2.11%, less than 3% for 15 consecutive days
Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 42.14 cr tests total conducted
Germany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain, Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of the more contagious delta virus variant.
Germany's national disease control centre, the Robert Koch Institute, said late Monday that Britain, Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal will be removed from the country's highest risk category of "virus variant areas" effective Wednesday. They will move into the second-highest category of "high-incidence areas."
The UK had been in the top coronavirus risk category since May 23, and was joined last Tuesday by Russia and Portugal, one of Germany's partners in the European Union.
Airlines and others are restricted largely to transporting German citizens and residents from "virus variant areas," and those who arrive must spend 14 days in quarantine at home.
People arriving from "high incidence areas," however, can avoid quarantine if they can prove that they are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19. Others can cut short a mandatory 10-day quarantine by testing negative after five days. Transport is no longer restricted.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed that all legal COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, including the mandatory wearing of face masks, will come to an end on July 19, paving the way for people to make their own decisions about which safety guidelines to follow.
Johnson said a final decision will be made next Monday based on the latest community infections and hospitalisations data, but effectively people will no longer be expected to work from home where possible and will no longer be legally required to wear face masks.
Addressing a virtual Downing Street press conference, Johnson acknowledged the divided views on lifting all lockdown restrictions to declare that his update does not imply that the pandemic "is over".
But if things can't be reopened in the next few weeks when vaccinations are offering greater protection, then "we must ask ourselves when will we be able to return to normal".
The alternative is to reopen in winter when the virus will have an advantage or not at all, Johnson said, adding that the vaccination programme has broken the link between infections and hospitalisations.
The Delta variant of coronavirus is eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by vaccines as compared to the original strain that came from China's Wuhan, according to a new study.
The study, which was conducted on more than 100 healthcare workers (HCWs) at three centres in India including Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here, found that the B.1.617.2 Delta variant not only dominates vaccine-breakthrough infections with higher respiratory viral loads compared to non-Delta infections (Ct value of 16.5 versus 19) but also generates greater transmission among the fully vaccinated HCWs.
It revealed that in vitro, the Delta variant is approximately eight-fold less sensitive to vaccine-elicited antibodies compared to Wuhan-1. "Across all scenarios considered, our results suggest the Delta variant is both more transmissible and better able to evade prior immunity elicited by the previous infection compared to previously circulating lineages," the findings of the study read.
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, July 6: India reported 34,703 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to Union Health Ministry, this is lowest in 111 days. Active cases have declined to 4,64,357 while the recovery rate rises to 97.17%.
In its daily health bulletin, the Centre reported that the total recoveries across the country so far are 2,97,52,294. Of these, 51,864 patients recovered during last 24 hours. With this, recovery rate increases to 97.17%. The daily recoveries continue to outnumber the faily new cases for the 54th consecutive day.
In a seperate development, the central government announced to increase the capacity of domestic civil aviation operations from 50 per cent to 60 per cent. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that domestic carriers can now operate at 65 per cent passenger capacity from the current 50 per cent. "After review of the curret status of schedules Domestic Operations viz-aviz passenger demand for air travel in terms of purpose specified in the initial order...is further modified as - 50% capacity may be read as 65% capacity," the notice read.
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