New Delhi: India on Wednesday logged 2,109 Covid infections in the last 24 hours while active cases dipped to 21,406 from 22,742, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll climbed to 5,31,722 with eight fatalities, including those reconciled by Kerala, as the data updated at 8 am stated. The COVID-19 tally now stands at 4.49 crore (4,49,74,909). The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,44,21,781, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.18 per cent.
At 21,406, the active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.77 per cent, the ministry said.
According to the ministry's website, 220.66 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
Covid Cases In Delhi
According to data shared by the city government's health department, Delhi on Tuesday recorded 77 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.27 per cent and two fatalities linked to the infection. With this, Delhi's case tally climbed to 20,40,229 and the death toll rose to 26,648, it said.
The number of active cases stood at 624, of which 472 patients were in home isolation, according to the bulletin.
Meanwhile, last week on Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) agreed to declassify the Covid-19 pandemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). At its 15th meeting on Covid-19 on Thursday, WHO's International Health Regulations Emergency Committee addressed the pandemic, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus agreed that the public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, proclamation should be lifted.
“For more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend,” Tedros stated.
“This trend has allowed most countries to return to life as we knew it before Covid-19,” Tedros said, adding that: “Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice.”
"As we speak, thousands of people around the world are fighting for their lives in intensive care units. And millions more continue to live with the debilitating effects of post-Covid conditions," he stated.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday agreed to declassify the Covid-19 pandemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). At its 15th meeting on Covid-19 on Thursday, WHO's International Health Regulations Emergency Committee addressed the pandemic, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus agreed that the public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, proclamation should be lifted.
“For more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend,” Tedros stated.
“This trend has allowed most countries to return to life as we knew it before Covid-19,” Tedros said, adding that: “Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice.”
"As we speak, thousands of people around the world are fighting for their lives in intensive care units. And millions more continue to live with the debilitating effects of post-Covid conditions," he stated.