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India on Thursday reported 1,72,433 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up by 6.8 per cent from Wednesday’s 1.61 lakh infections, as per the data shared by Health Ministry.
There was a sudden surge in COVID infection in India due to the new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, but now there has been some relief from the infection but still, the situation remains worrisome. The government has shared some crucial data regarding the infection.
The government said that the third wave of COVID-19 infection was slightly less fatal than the second wave caused by the delta variant of COVID. The government said that the second wave had killed lakhs of people in the country, but in the third wave driven by Omicron, the situation did not become a matter of concern.
On Thursday, the Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal held a press conference and said when the second wave was at its peak, the daily cases in India had crossed 4.5 lakh per day. But now during the third wave, the cases of infection seem to be decreasing. The Health Secretary said that in 24 hours, 1.72 lakh people were found infected with COVID in the country, which is half the number of cases on January 21.
The Joint Health Secretary said that in the two weeks between January 21 and February 3, the daily infections have come down by 50% from 3,47,254 to 1,72,433. The positivity rate, or the number of infections per 100 tests, rose from 39% to 10.99% between these two weeks, indicating a drop in daily cases and a reduction in the spread of infection.
Luv Aggarwal said that there are still 8 states in the country where there are more than 50 thousand active cases. There are 10-50 thousand active cases in 12 states. According to the health official, an increase in active cases has been registered in Kerala at this time.
Meanwhile, the ministry said that about 168.40 crore doses of vaccine have been administered so far, while 96% of the population above the age of 18 years has been vaccinated. According to the ministry, about 76% of the population has received the second dose in the country.
2668 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the national capital in in the last 24 hours on Thursday. Talking about the last 24 hours, 13 patients have died due to corona infection in this period, with this the death toll from corona in Delhi has reached 25,932.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra witnessed 15,252 new cases of infection with 75 fatalities, the state health department said.
Tamil Nadu on Thursday added 11,993 fresh infections to its COVID-19 caseload, which touched 33,87,322, while 30 more fatalities took the toll to 37,666.
Recoveries obscured as daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala diminished on Thursday with the state recording 42,677 new cases which raised the caseload to 61,72,432.
Punjab reports 1,379 COVID-19 cases, 25 deaths
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (PTI) Punjab on Friday reported 25 COVID-19 deaths, while 1,379 fresh cases took the infection tally in the state to 7,50,272, according to a medical bulletin.
With fatalities being reported from several districts, including Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fazilka and Ferozepur, the state's death toll reached 17,392.
The number of active cases stands at 14,321, as per the bulletin.
Of the fresh cases, Mohali reported 231, followed by 153 in Ludhiana and 141 in Hoshiarpur.
A total of 763 patients are on oxygen support, while 75 critical patients are on ventilator support, as per the bulletin.
A total of 3,004 more people have recovered from the infection, taking their number to 7,18,559, the bulletin showed.
Meanwhile, the Union Territory of Chandigarh reported 183 COVID-19 cases, taking its total count to 90,481.
With three more deaths reported in the city in the last 24 hours, the toll reached 1,135.
The number of active cases stands at 2,099, while that of recoveries is 87,247.
Subject Expert Committee recommends Russia's Sputnik Light one-shot COVID vaccine, says report
Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) Subject Expert Committee (SEC) recommends Russia's Sputnik Light one-shot #COVID19 vaccine: Sources pic.twitter.com/zY5kLfKhfv
— ANI (@ANI) February 4, 2022
Coronavirus likely to enter endemic stage in Maha by March: Health minister
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said COVID-19 cases are declining in the state and the infection is likely to reach an endemic stage by March.
Talking to reporters in Jalna in central Maharashtra, Tope said since the daily cases are declining, the government's inclination is to further ease curbs.
He said the state, which reported over 40,000 new cases on some days last month during the third wave peak, is now recording around 15,000 infections.
The infection curve was clearly flattening in major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Raigad, the minister said.
"The cases are declining. We are likely to reach an endemic stage by March. We can see that some cities, which earlier reported less cases, are reaching their peak. But we are hopeful that they will come down soon," he said.
According to health experts, a disease reaches an endemic stage when its spread is limited to a particular area and its rate is predictable though it does not go way, meaning population there learns to live with the conditions.
Maharashtra recorded 48,270 coronavirus cases on January 21, 2022, the highest so far during the pandemic. Mumbai's third wave, which started on December 21, 2021, peaked around January 7, 2022, when it recorded its highest-ever 20,971 infections.
The new cases peaked in Pune, its satellite city Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Nagpur on January 21. On that day, Pune recorded 8,464 infections, Pimpri-Chinchwad 4,943 and Nagpur 3,659. Nashik city achieved its peak on January 19 with 1,946 cases.
Tope said the Centre must start the process of vaccinating children in the 12-15 age segment against COVID-19 and added Maharashtra was ready with the required health infrastructure to inoculate this group.
Coronavirus-induced curbs will continue to be eased as the number of cases go down, the minister added.
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 13,840 fresh coronavirus cases and 81 fatalities, the health department said. On Thursday, the state had recorded 15,252 cases and 75 fatalities linked to the infection.
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage reaches nearly 169 crore
#LargestVaccineDrive
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) February 4, 2022
➡️India’s cumulative vaccination coverage reaches nearly 169 crore.
➡️More than 42 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm.https://t.co/h7v5pimE4u pic.twitter.com/4Iu6hMgIKJ
Mumbai reports 846 COVID-19 cases, seven deaths
Mumbai, Feb 4 (PTI) Mumbai on Friday reported 846 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The tally of infections in the city rose to 10,50,194 and death toll to 16,654.
On the second day in a row, the city reported less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases. On Thursday, Mumbai had reported 827 new cases and seven fatalities.
The positivity rate (number of infections found per 100 tests), fell to 1.90 per cent from 2.29 per cent a day before.
In the last 24 hours, 44,323 COVID-19 tests, nearly 8,000 more than the previous day, were carried out in the city, taking the tally of tests conducted so far to 1,54,67,411.
With 1,297 patients recovering during the day, the tally of recoveries jumped to 10,23,589.
The city's rate of recovery is 97 per cent.
The period taken for the caseload to double improved to 662 days, while the growth rate of cases for the period between January 28 to February 3 was 0.10 per cent. Presently, Mumbai has 7,135 active COVID-19 patients.
As much as 87 per cent or 735 out of 846 new patients found on Friday were asymptomatic. Only 111 patients were hospitalized in 24 hours, with 26 of them put on oxygen support.
Also, only 1,691 of the total 37,211 hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients are occupied in the city.
Presently three buildings in the city are sealed for high number of active cases on the premises. On January 7, 2022, Mumbai had reported the highest ever 20,971 cases.
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