Coronavirus Highlights: 60 Test Covid Positive, IIT Guwahati Declared Containment Zone
Coronavirus Highlights: Sixty people have tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT Guwahati and its authorities have declared the entire campus as a containment zone, an official order said on Wednesday.
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New Delhi: Covid-19 cases increased by 6.3 times in the last eight days in India, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday said. The ministry also said that Omicron...More
Amidst the spike in the covid cases, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration has imposed fresh curbs. "There shall be a complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire UT from 9 pm to 6 am till further orders," reads the official statement.
Delhi reports over 10,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hrs.
Sixty people have tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT Guwahati and its authorities have declared the entire campus as a containment zone, an official order said on Wednesday. All the cases were detected over the last six days and almost 99 per cent of the cases were those who had returned to the campus from outside Assam after the holidays, an IIT Guwahati official said.
More than 1 crore (1,24,02,515) COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the 15-18 age group since the inoculation drive began for them on January 3, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. With this, the cumulative doses administered in the country has increased to over 148.58 crores (1,48,58,19,491), it said.
Tamil Nadu reports 4,862 new cases & 9 deaths today.
Amidst the spike in the COVID19 cases, the Delhi government orders to increase Covid beds in its nine hospitals to 4,350 from the existing 3,316.
COVID-19 positive passengers of the Cordelia cruise ship are being shifted to Richardson and Cruddas Covid Care Centre at Byculla, Mumbai.
TMC MP and Bengali actor Mimi Chakraborty has tested positive for Covid-19. She is under home quarantine. "Have not gone out of my house or had any public interactions in the past few days. It has got me pretty bad guys. I am consulting my doctor and have kept myself in home isolation," Mimi Chakraborty tweeted.
Amid a rise in Covid-19 cases and the need of enough manpower to handle the situation, the Delhi government has cancelled the leave of all its officers, officials and staff, and directed them not to leave station. The order said that no leave, except for medical reasons, shall be granted to the officers, officials and staff of different departments of the GNCT of Delhi.
Maharashtra reports 26,538 new cases, 8 deaths and 5,331 discharges today.
Gujarat reports 3,350 new cases, 1 death and 236 recoveries today.
Union Ministry of Culture on Wednesday announced that all galleries of the National Museum shall remain closed for visitors from today till further order.
West Bengal reports 14,022 new cases, 17 deaths and 6,438 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Himachal Pradesh reports 374 new Covid-19 infections, 15 recoveries & 1 death in 24 hours.
Mumbai reports 15,166 fresh infections of COVID-19 & 3 deaths.
Kerala reports 4,801 new cases, 29 deaths, 1813 recoveries today.
Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday reported the first case of Omicron Variant in Bilaspur. The 52-year-old patient has a travel history to the United Arab Emirates.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said that 143 out of 1,827 passengers on board Cordelia cruise ship test COVID-19 positive in Mumbai in addition to 66 others already infected.
Raipur District Collector on Wednesday announced that a night curfew will be implemented in the city from 9 pm to 6 am. Hotels/restaurants, bakery, food courts, and food delivery to operate till 11 pm.
Delhi reported 10,665 fresh cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases have increased to 23,307. The positivity rate stands at 11.88%. This is the highest single-day rise in cases since May 12, 2021.
No paracetamol or pain killers are recommended after being vaccinated with Covaxin, vaccine maker Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday.
Himachal Pradesh became the latest state to impose night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am. Indoor sports complexes, cinema halls, multiplexes, stadia, swimming pools, gyms will be closed. 50 per cent gathering will be allowed at marriage/banquet halls, the order said.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday said that the Civil Services (Main) examination will be conducted as per schedule from Friday, January 6, 2022, onwards. The commission has further asked states to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to candidates, examination functionaries in their movement.
Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, NITI Aayog on Wednesday clarified that the precautionary dose will be the same vaccine that has been given previously.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that 108 people have died while battling the Omicron variant of covid-19 worldwide.
Union Health Ministry in its official circular on Wednesday stated that 7.40 crore children between the age group of 15 to 18 years will be eligible for the covid-19 vaccination.
Health Ministry in its circular on Wednesday said that Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat are the "States Of Concern" since there has been a spike in covid-19 cases across the states.
The quarantine period for home isolation patients has been reduced to 7 days from 14 days in Delhi, as per Ministry of Health guidelines.
Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that 25.2 lakh cases were recorded globally on 4th January, the highest ever since the onset of the pandemic. Approx 65% of cases in the week ending 4th January were reported from the USA, UK, France, Italy & Spain.
In view of the evolving Covid situation and rising number of new cases in Kolkata, BJP national president JP Nadda's scheduled visit to West Bengal on 9-10th January stands postponed, says the state's BJP unit.
Forty one out of 60 COVID-19 infected passengers on board a cruise ship, which returned to Mumbai from Goa, have so far been shifted to institutional quarantine facilities, a civic spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The other 19 passengers who had tested positive for the viral infection were still on the ship, he said, adding that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) conducted RT-PCR tests of 1,827 people on board the cruise on Tuesday night and their reports were expected later in the day.
Except for the COVID-19 infected people, the civic body did not allow any other passenger to disemark from the ship after it arrived here on Tuesday evening.
Seven-day home quarantine will be mandatory for the passengers whose RT-PCR test reports come out negative, the official said.
The Cordelia cruise ship, where 66 of the over 2,000 people on board had tested positive for coronavirus, was sent back to Mumbai from Goa with all the passengers on Monday night after some of the infected persons refused to get admitted to a medical facility there, an official from a shipping agency earlier said.
Six crew members out of the total 66 who had tested positive were disembarked in Goa, he said.
Bihar Govt cancels chief minister's 'Janta Darbar' and all events of 'Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan' due to rising cases of COVID-19
Mumbai: 60 employees of BEST including bus drivers test positive for COVID-19, as per BEST PRO
Veteran actor Prem Chopra and his wife Uma Chopra were discharged from a hospital here on Tuesday, a day after they tested positive for COVID-19, a senior doctor treating the couple said.
The couple was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here, where they received the monoclonal antibody cocktail.
Dr Jalil Parkar on Wednesday said that the 86-year-old veteran and his wife were discharged on Tuesday.
Prem Chopra, known for playing iconic villainous roles in Hindi films like "Bobby", "Do Raaste", and "Kati Patang", is the latest Bollywood personality to have contracted the virus.
Recently, John Abraham and his wife Priya Runchal, producer Ekta Kapoor, actors Mrunal Thakur, Nora Fatehi, Sumona Chakravarti, Drashti Dhami, veteran filmmaker Rahul Rawail, producer Rhea Kapoor and her filmmaker-husband Karan Boolani also tested positive for COVID-19.
61 resident doctors found positive for COVID-19 at JJ Hospital in Mumbai: Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors
Uttar Pradesh Congress has postponed its 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun' marathon due to rise in COVID cases 7 to 8 marathons were planned in Noida, Varanasi, and various other districts of the states in the coming days
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has postponed election rally in Noida tomorrow. amid rising cases of Covid 19.
Total 189 students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University test positive for Covid 19 in Jammu. The non-teaching staff members of the university are being tested and the tally may rise in the coming days.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he wanted to "piss off" the unvaccinated by restricting their movement across the country.
594 positive cases have been reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Number of active cases stands at 1544. We have decided to impose a fine of Rs 200 for those not wearing face masks in public places: Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang
Amid a huge spike in Coronavirus cases in Mumbai, 2 staff at Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's residence have tested positive for the virus, sources informed ABP News.
Bihar Deputy CM Renu Devi and State Minister Sunil Kumar diagnosed with COVID-19. Bihar Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad and Ministers Ashok Choudhary & Vijay Choudhary also test positive for COVID-19.
Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) president and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa tests positive for COVID-19 Dhindsa says he was on his way to Firozepur to attend PM Modi's rally but returned after receiving the test report
India reports 58,097 fresh COVID cases, 15,389 recoveries, and 534 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Daily positivity rate: 4.18%
Active cases: 2,14,004
Total recoveries: 3,43,21,803
Death toll: 4,82,551
Total vaccination: 147.72 crore doses
The West Bengal government will now allow flights from New Delhi and Mumbai, the two cities witnessing a huge surge in Covid-19 cases, thrice a week instead of twice as was decided a couple of days ago , a senior official said on Tuesday.
From January 5, flights from the two metros will be allowed to come to the state on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, he said.
A communication from state Home Secretary BP Gopalika was sent to Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation Rajiv Bansal on Tuesday, the official told PTI.
"... this is to kindly inform that the matter was reviewed and that the state government is extremely sensitive towards the inconvenience that may be caused to the passengers but restrictions are absolutely essential for containment of COVID cases in the state," Gopalika wrote to Bansal.
"However, the incoming domestic flights from Mumbai and Delhi will be allowed thrice a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with effect from January 5, 2022 and the same will be reviewed again shortly depending upon the COVID situation in the state," the letter read.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district recorded a nearly three-fold rise at 103 on Tuesday from 37 a day ago, taking the overall tally to 1,50,039, an official said.
Out of the 103 fresh cases of coronavirus, a majority - 87 - were found in Aurangabad city, he said.
As many as 1,46,209 patients have been discharged so far in the district, where the death toll stood at 3,656.
The number of active cases in the district shot up to 174 from 95 on Monday, the official said.
So far, 76.75 per cent of the residents in Aurangabad district have taken the first dose of coronavirus vaccines, while 39.86 per cent adult citizens are fully inoculated against COVID-19, he said.
In adjoining Nanded district, 29 new coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, up from 10 on Monday, while Latur logged 13 infections during the day, the official said.
Jharkhand continued to witness a surge with 2,681 fresh COVID-19 infections being reported on Tuesday, which is more than double of the cases reported on the previous day, pushing the virus tally to 3,57,965, a health department bulletin said.
Five districts of the state accounted for majority of the new cases, the bulletin said.
State capital Ranchi reported 1,196 fresh infections, followed by East Singhbhum (402), Bokaro (162), Dhanbad(181), and Koderma (152).
Jharkhand on the previous day had reported 1,057 fresh coronavirus cases.
Two more persons succumbed to the contagion on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 5,149, the bulletin said.
Currently, there are 7,681 active COVID-19 cases in the state.
Meanwhile, 34,51,35 people recuperated from the disease thus far, including 216 in the last 24 hours.
A total of 55,010 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of clinical examinations to 1,81,92,285.
With six travelers who had arrived in the state from the United Kingdom testing positive for Omicron infection, the tally of such cases in Goa rose to 11 on Tuesday.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane tweeted late at night that six more samples sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune had tested positive for Omicron variant of coronavirus.
"All six are travelers from the UK and are asymptomatic. Total cases 11, he said.
The first case of Omicron was detected in Goa on December 28.
The coastal state is witnessing a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases with 592 fresh infections reported on Tuesday.
The highly contagious Omicron variant could become a dominant coronavirus strain in Singapore in the next two months, completely replacing the Delta variant, a senior infectious diseases expert has warned.
The island-state has recorded 438 new Omicron cases on Tuesday, with the weekly infection growth rate going above one for the first time since Nov 12, The Straits Times reported.
"If the predictions are correct, we can expect high numbers with a mild disease, but we can't be sure of this yet," the report quoted Professor Dale Fisher, a senior consultant at the National University Hospital's infectious diseases division, as saying on Tuesday.
Fisher said Singapore needs to retain its balancing act of keeping the country safe while not stifling travel, social activities and economic activity unnecessarily. It is a constant challenge when there are unknowns appearing regularly.