Coronavirus LIVE: India Reports 43,733 New Covid-19 Cases, 930 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs
Coronavirus LIVE, Wednesday, July 7: With over 32 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours, the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed landmark of 36 crore.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive was halted in Gujarat on Wednesday in view of Mamata Diwas, which is observed as part of the ongoing universal immunisation programme for pregnant women, children and infants, an official said.
The state government, however, has not made it clear if the vaccination against COVID-19 will remain suspended on all Wednesdays.
During Mamata Diwas, healthcare workers across the state check on pregnant women, provide them guidance and give them iron and vitamin tablets. Health workers also administer vaccines, such as BCG, polio and rubella, to women, children and infants.
"We have suspended vaccination drive against coronavirus for this Wednesday in view of Mamta Diwas and works to be carried out under the universal immunisation programme. We have not decided yet if the inoculation drive against COVID-19 will be suspended on all Wednesdays now onwards," additional chief secretary, Health, Manoj Aggarwal said.
Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 22,155 as 301 more people, including 66 children, tested positive for the virus, a health department official said on Wednesday.
The new COVID-19 cases were reported from various districts with Aizawl reporting the highest at 205, followed by Lunglei at 41 Mamit at 31, he said.
Of the 301 new cases, 47 were confirmed through RT-PCR test, 19 were detected through TrueNat and 235 were detected through Rapid Antigen Test, the official said. Seven patients have travel history, while 294 were found to have contracted the disease locally, the official said.
The single-day positivity rate is at 8.48 per cent as the 301 fresh cases were detected from 3,549 sample tests, he said. The COVID-19 death toll in the state is 98. Mizoram now has 3,674 active COVID-19 cases while 18,383 people have recovered from the infection so far.
The northeastern state has tested 5,10,467 samples for COVID-19 till date. Meanwhile, State immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi said that over 5,49,233 people have been vaccinated till Tuesday.
A total of 36,13,23,548 vaccine doses have been administered through 47,07,778 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. Of which, 36,05,998 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours: Union Health Ministry
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India reports 43,733 new Covid-19 cases, 47,240 recoveries, and 930 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.
Total cases: 3,06,63,665
Total recoveries: 2,97,99,534
Active cases: 4,59,920
Death toll: 4,04,211
Total vaccinated: 36,13,23,548
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the US is predicted to reach the mark of 160 million fully vaccinated Americans by the end of this week and asserted that the country is closer than ever to declaring its independence from the deadly virus.
Noting that COVID-19 cases and deaths are down by 90 per cent since January, he said millions of fully vaccinated Americans are now living their lives as they did before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Today after receiving a briefing from my entire COVID-19 team, I'm proud to announce that we're getting even closer, because of our wartime effort, to administer 300 million shots in arms in just 150 days. More than 182 million Americans have received at least one shot, including nearly 90 per cent of seniors and 70 per cent of adults over the age of 27, Biden said.
"By the end of this week, we'll have reached the mark of 160 million fully vaccinated Americans. That's a goal I set in March that I'm thrilled we're going to hit just a few days after July the Fourth. So, we will have 160 million fully vaccinated Americans -- up from roughly three million when we took office five months ago," he said after receiving a briefing from his entire Covid team.
Biden said businesses are reopening and projected economic growth is the highest it's been in four decades.
With over 32 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours, the union health ministry said that the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed the landmark of 36 crore.
According to the 7 PM provisional report, more than 32.40 lakh (32,40,007) vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday. The ministry said 16,00,825 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 1,09,913 vaccine doses given as second dose in the age group 18-44 years on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus LIVE, Wednesday, July 7: With over 32 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours, the union health ministry said that the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed the landmark of 36 crore.
According to the 7 PM provisional report, more than 32.40 lakh (32,40,007) vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday. The ministry said 16,00,825 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 1,09,913 vaccine doses given as second dose in the age group 18-44 years on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, witnessing large crowd of people flocking hill stations and flouting of Covid-appropriate behaviour in Himachal Pradesh, the Centre pulled up Himachal govt, asking to look into the matter and take immediate steps to put a check on the situation.
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