Coronavirus variants and vaccines, active coronavirus cases in India, highlights from November 21: India recorded 10,488 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,45,10,413, while active cases decreased to a minimum of 1,22,714. in 532 days, according to data from the Union Health Department updated on Sunday.
The death toll climbed to 4,65,662 with 313 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am on Sunday.
The backlog of new coronavirus infections has been less than 20,000 for 44 consecutive days and fewer than 50,000 new cases have been reported for 147 consecutive days.
The active cases comprise 0.36 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.30 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decrease of 2,154 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 116.56 crore-mark, as per the data on Cowin dashboard.
#COVID-19 | India reports to the Union Ministry of Health 10,488 new cases, 12,329 recoveries and 313 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total cases 3,45,10,413Total recoveries 3,39,22,037Death toll 4,65,662Active cases 1,22,714
Total vaccination: 1,16,50,55,210 pic. twitter. com/CImIcmfqTf
–ANI (@ANI) November 21, 2021
The Health Ministry has written to Pondicherry and Ladakh regarding the emerging number of weekly Covid-19 cases. The Centre, in a letter, suggested the state governments to take charge of the situation. According to knowledge shared through the government, Ladakh recorded 143 consistent cases. with an increase in the weekly positivity rate from 1. 98 percent in the week ending October 26 to 4. 81 percent in the week ending November 16.
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The number of COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh reached 10,06,542 on Sunday with the addition of 24 cases, while the death toll reached 13,592 with one death, an official said. The recovery number stood at 9,92,655 after six other people were discharged. and 17 other people ended home isolation that day, leaving the state with 295 active cases, he said. “Rajnandgaon district recorded five new cases, followed by 4 in Durg and 3 in Raipur. No new cases were reported in 19 districts, while five districts had no active cases as of Sunday. With 12,848 samples tested that day, the number of tests conducted in the state amounted to 14,065,723,” the official said. Chhattisgarh’s coronavirus figures are as follows: positive cases 10,06,542, new cases 24, death toll 13,592, recovered 9,92,655, active cases 295, tests today 12,848, total tests 14,065,723. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu recorded 756 new infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of coronavirus to 27,20,271, while the death toll rose to 36,375 with 14 more deaths, the fitness department said. Recoveries have surpassed the number of new infections, with another 847 people released in the past 24 hours, totaling 26,75,174, leaving 8,722 active infections, according to a medical bulletin. A total of 1,00,767 samples were analysed in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of samples analysed to Rs 5. 33 crore. Coimbatore and Chennai accounted for the majority of new infections with 130 and 112 cases respectively, while the rest were distributed in other districts. As many as 20 districts reported new cases under the age of 10, while Tenkasi and Thirupathur recorded no new infections, respectively, according to the bulletin. PTI)
With the addition of 17 cases, the number of COVID-19 infections in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,93,027, a health official said. The death toll remained unchanged at 10,526 as no deaths from the infection were reported in the state that day. Said. The number of recoveries in the state rose to 7,82,416 after 10 patients were discharged from the hospital that day. There are 85 active coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh lately, the official said. With 52,278 swab samples tested on the day, the number of tests conducted in the state rose to 2,13,66,758, he said. According to an official statement, a total of 8,02,25,114 doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the state so far, totaling 1,24,932 on Sunday. The coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases 7,93,027, new cases 17, number of deaths 10,526, recoveries 7,82,416, active cases 85, total tests 2,13,66,758. (PTI)
Jammu and Kashmir recorded 165 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 3,35,368, while no death due to the virus was reported from the Union territory in the past 24 hours, officials said. Twenty-three of the new cases were from the Jammu division and 142 from the Kashmir division, the officials said. They said Srinagar district recorded a maximum of 45 fresh COVID-19 cases, followed by Baramulla district which registered 35 new infections. The number of active cases stands at 1,701 in the Union territory, while the count of recoveries has reached 3,29,206, the officials said. The death toll from the pandemic remained unchanged at 4,461. (PTI)
Mumbai on Sunday reported 213 new coronavirus positive cases and 3 deaths, taking the infection count to 7,61,146 and the death toll to 16,306, according to the city’s civic framework. A total of 281 patients were discharged that day, raising the city’s recovery figure. to 7,39,707, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement. The 3 patients who succumbed to the infection on Sunday were women above 60 years of age, who had comorbidities. While another 31,801 people were examined, the total figure for the check in the country’s monetary capital has reached 1,21,40,647. Lately there are 2,577 active instances in Mumbai. Its recovery rate is 97 percent, while the doubling rate is 2,403 days. Although there is no active participation in the metropolitan area, 12 buildings have been sealed to prevent the spread of the virus. (PTI)
Kerala recorded 5,080 fresh coronavirus infections and 196 deaths on Sunday, raising the caseload to 50,89,175 and the toll to 37,495. With 7,908 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries crossed 50 lakh to reach 50,04,786 and the active cases dropped to 58,088, an official press release said. Of the 196 deaths, 40 were reported over the last few days and 156 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. As many as 53,892 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it said. Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest with 873 cases followed by Kozhikode (740) and Thiruvananthapuram (621). Of the new cases, 24 were health workers, 28 from outside the State and 4,776 infected through contact with the source of it not being clear in 252. There are currently 1,92,768 people under surveillance in various districts, of whom 1,87,604 are in home or institutional quarantine and 5,164 in hospitals, added the release. (PTI)
The national capital reported 29 cases of COVID-19 and zero death in a day while the positivity rate stood at 0.06 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here on Sunday. Delhi has recorded four deaths due to the infection in November so far. Four had succumbed to the viral disease in October and five in September. With the new cases, the coronavirus infection tally in the city climbed to 14,40,666. Of this, over 14.15 lakh patients have recovered. The death toll stands at 25,095. According to the health bulletin, authorities conducted 49,139 tests, including 41,107 RT-PCR ones, the previous day. There are 309 active Covid cases in Delhi, of which 133 are in home isolation. The number of containment zones stands at 124. Delhi reported 32 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 30 on Friday. In April and May, Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a massive number of lives and led to a shortage of oxygen and essential drugs at hospitals. According to government data, over 2.28 crore vaccine doses have been administered in Delhi since the inoculation exercise started on January 16. Over 82 lakh people have received both doses. (PTI)
Nagaland reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the tally to 32,050, a fitness official said. The state had not reported any cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday. The new cases were detected in Dimapur district. The number of COVID-19 deaths in the state remained at 695 and no new deaths were reported Sunday for the fifth straight day, the official said. Five more patients were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries from COVID-19 to 30,173. The state’s COVID-19 recovery rate is now 94. 14%. Array Nagaland now has 126 active COVID-19 cases, while 1,056 patients have migrated to other states. A total of 4,06,652 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, the official said. National immunization officer Ritu Thurr said that as of Saturday, 12,52,936 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to 7,23,707 more people. (PTI)
Andhra Pradesh added 174 new Covid-19 cases, 301 recoveries and no deaths in the 24 hours ending at 9am on Sunday. The state’s Covid-19 graph now shows a total of 20,71,244 positives, 20,54,553 recoveries, and 14,426 deaths. The most recent bulletin indicates that the number of active cases is down to 2265. For the first time in seven months, one district recorded active coronavirus cases in the single digits, and Kurnool now has just eight. Five districts had double-digit active cases and seven others had between 100 and 450 each. In 24 hours, Krishna district reported 32 cases, West Godavari 31, Chittoor 29 and Guntur 26 new cases. The remaining nine districts added fewer than 15 new cases each. (PTI)
The Serum Institute of India (SII) has suggested to the government to speed up the movement of Covishield, which poses difficulties in production and in the area of the cold chain when making plans for other vaccines due to the developing inventory of its COVID-19 vaccine, official sources said on Sunday. It was reported that Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the SII, recently communicated to the Union Ministry of Health that he has a manufactured inventory of 24,89,15,000 doses of Covishield and that he is expanding every day. In addition to the Covishield vaccine, the Pune-based company also manufactures and supplies life-saving vaccines for PPE, UNICEF and other countries, Singh told the ministry.
The Center has authorized SII to export 50 Lakh doses of Covishied under the UN-backed global vaccine-sharing program COVAX to Nepal, Tajikistan and Mozambique. The SII will also export Covishield to Bangladesh as a component of COVAX, an official source said. will start exporting Covid vaccines under the COVAX program from November 23, with Nepal getting the first batch of Covishield on November 24. In October, the government had allowed SII to export Covishield doses worth 10 lakh to Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh. . as a component of the “Maitri Vaccine” program. (PTI)
The UK gym will be open to those over 40 to book their COVID-19 vaccine booster dose from Monday as the UK government has warned that extra doses are vital to prevent a surge in infection and winter lockdowns that many European countries are implementing lately. in front of. .
The National Health Service (NHS) said on Sunday that following new advice from the government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) this week, the vaccination programme has been expanded, with over 40s eligible for boosters and people aged 16 and 17 able to book a second COVID-19 vaccine jab.
Those eligible for a booster can book an electronic appointment in advance, five months after their second dose, to get vaccinated once they reach the six-month mark, which has so far been offered to people over 50 and medically vulnerable groups. “Getting the COVID-19 booster shot is the most productive way to protect you and your loved ones this winter and will help reduce pressure on the NHS,” said UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
“While the government is continuing to monitor a wide range of data to ensure the country remains protected, we have very sadly seen a surge in cases in parts of Europe. The most important thing we can do to stop a similar rise in this country is get the jab – so please get your vaccines as soon as you can so we can keep the virus at bay,” he said. New data from the first real-world study on the effectiveness of booster vaccines by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows top-up jabs boost protection back up to over 90 per cent against symptomatic COVID-19 in adults aged over 50.
The results show that two weeks after receiving a booster dose, coverage against symptomatic infection in adults over 50 was 93. 1 percent in those who got the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine — administered in India as Covishield — as the number one. treatment and 94. 0 according to cent. for Pfizer/BioNTech. Following a surge in cases and the return of lockdown restrictions in Europe, the NHS has advised those eligible for a booster to take up the offer as soon as possible.
“Get your boosters when you’re eligible and get your first and second doses if you haven’t already, to get life-saving coverage through the winter and keep you and your loved ones safe,” said UK Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup. According to the NHS, a total of 14 million people in the UK have already received their booster shots and more than 50 million first doses (88. 2%) and 46 million second doses (80. 2%) have been administered across the country.
The NHS said the booster programme is designed to supplement this waning immunity. Last month, clinical rules were updated to allow boosters to be given a little earlier than higher-risk boosters, when it makes operational sense. This includes nursing home citizens who could have won their second dose at other times to be vaccinated in the same session, as long as five months have passed since their second dose. (PTI)
Austrians were enjoying a last day out in coffeehouses and at Christmas markets Sunday before the government imposes a nationwide lockdown to combat a growing fourth wave of coronavirus infections.
The measures, which take effect Monday and are expected to last for a maximum of 20 days but will be reevaluated after 10, require people to stay home apart from basic reasons like getting groceries, going to the doctor and exercising.
Restaurants and most retail stores will close and major events will be canceled. Schools and daycares will remain open, but parents are encouraged to leave their children at home.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg also announced on Friday that Austria would introduce a vaccine mandate from Feb. 1. The main points of how this mandate will work are still clear.
In an interview published Sunday in the Kurier newspaper, Schallenberg said it was “sad” that the government had to follow a mandate to ensure that enough people were vaccinated.
Just under 66% of Austria’s 8. 9 million people are fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in Western Europe. Faced with the impending lockdown, Schallenberg said he and other officials hoped this summer that such restrictions would no longer be mandatory and that it is a difficult decision to impose a new lockdown on vaccinated people as well. (PA)
The union territory of Puducherry logged 32 fresh coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,28,663, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Sunday.
The new cases were known after examining 2,099 samples and occurred in Karaikal (17), Pondicherry (11), Yanam and Mahe (two cases each), Health Director G Sriramulu said in a statement.
He said the number of active cases in the EU was 323, of which 70 patients were being treated in hospitals and the remaining 253 were isolated at home.
At least 25 patients recovered and were discharged within 24 hours of 10 a. m. Sunday, and the total number of recoveries was 1,26,470, he said.
Another from Pondicherry succumbed to the infection, bringing the total death toll to 1,870.
The Health Ministry tested 19. 63 lakh samples and found that 16. 63 lakh were negative.
Sriramulu said the test positivity rate was 1.52 per cent while fatality and recovery rates were 1.45 per cent and 98.30 per cent respectively.
The Ministry of Health has thus administered 11,75,748 doses, of which 7,37,461 were first doses and the remaining 4,38,287 were second doses. (PTI)
Odisha recorded 205 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 34 from the previous day, totalling 10,47,003, a fitness sector official said. Two new deaths brought the coronavirus death toll to 8,393, he said. -19 cases in the coastal state remain above two hundred for six consecutive days.
Forty-five young people and teens are among the new patients, the official said. The single-day positivity rate among other people under the age of 18 was 21. 95 percent, up from 15. 48 percent the day before.
The new cases were reported in 19 districts, while another 11 recorded no new infections in the past 24 hours, the official said. Of the new cases, 119 were recorded in quarantine centers and the remaining 86 were detected by touch tracing, he said.
Khurda district, which includes the state capital Bhubaneswar, reported the number of new cases with 107, followed by Sundargarh (22) and Cuttack (10). The two new COVID deaths were recorded in Khurda, the official said.
Fifty-three other COVID-19 patients have so far died due to comorbidities, he said. Odisha now has 2,327 active cases, while 263 more people were cured of the disease on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries to 10,36,230.
The state has thus far conducted over 2.32 crore sample tests, including 50,233 on Saturday, for the infection and the positivity rate stands at 4.5 per cent. Over 1.43 crore people have received both doses of COVID vaccines, the official added. (PTI)
As coronavirus infections hit Ukraine, a single shift for Dr. Oleksandr Molchanov now stretches to 42 hours — 24 of them in Kakhovka’s hospital, followed by another 18 hours spent visiting tents set up to care for 120 COVID-19 patients.
While vaccination rates in Eastern Europe have generally lagged, Ukraine has one of the lowest in the region. But because of its underfunded and struggling health care system, the situation has turned dire nearly two years since the virus swept into Europe. The country is setting records almost every day for infections and deaths, most recently on Tuesday, when 838 deaths were reported.
“We are extinguishing the fire again. We are working as at the front, but our strength and capabilities are limited,” said Molchanov, who works at the hospital in the city in southern Ukraine on the Dnieper River. “We are working to the limit.” After his gruelling shift, the 32-year-old doctor goes home to sleep and recover for two days. The next one may be even more challenging.
“The situation is only getting worse,” Molchanov said. Hospital beds are running low, there are more and more seriously ill patients, and there is a severe shortage of doctors and health workers. The tents next to the Kakhovka hospital have 120 beds, 87 of which are occupied, and more and more patients are arriving. and every day. But Molchanov is one of three doctors treating them.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration inherited a health formula weakened by reforms introduced by his predecessor that closed many hospitals in small towns. In those communities, other people have to seek treatment in big cities. If the problem is severe enough that a patient needs an ambulance, the wait can be up to 8 hours. (PA)
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will hold a meeting on Monday to review progress and draw up COVID-19 vaccination plans in Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Pondicherry, where the first dose policy is less than 70% , official sources said. Meghalaya had 56. 7 per cent, Manipur 54. 2 per cent, Nagaland 49 per cent and Pondicherry 65. 7 per cent, they said, updating the government data on Sunday.
The government has launched a month-long ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign for house-to-house COVID-19 vaccination of those who are yet to take the first dose and those whose second dose is overdue. According to officials, over 12 crore beneficiaries are overdue for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine after the expiry of the prescribed interval between the two jabs.
“Mandaviya will hold a meeting to review the progress and planning of COVID-19 vaccination in Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Puducherry on Monday where the first dose coverage is less than 70 per cent. The aim is to encourage vaccination there,” an official source said. According to officials, around 82 per cent of the eligible population in India have received the first dose of anti-Covid vaccine while around 43 per cent have been fully inoculated.
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It will facilitate the quarantine-free Vaccinated Travel Route (VTL) from India to Singapore, which will commence on November 29, 2021 with 6 designated VTL flights daily from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. Airlines can also operate non-VTL flights between India and Singapore: CAAS (ANI)
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has reached an agreement with India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation on the resumption of scheduled passenger flights between Singapore and India: Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (ANI)
So, policy formulation & decisions are based on scientific evidence. Right now the scientific evidence from within the country does not underline the need for a booster dose. Public health considerations are on the priority now: Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases Division, ICMR on booster dose (ANI)
In my view, the current desire is for 80% or more coverage among Americans who have received two doses of the vaccine. Reaching more than 80% of eligible people is now a public health priority: Dr. Samiran Panda, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, ICMR (ANI)
The Ministry of Health is guided by clinical evidence and also by NTAGI. These are advisory bodies reviewed through the ministry and respective departments to expand the policy: Dr. Samiran Panda, Head of Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, ICMR on Booster Doses (AND I)
Offline categories for grades 1 to 5 will start in the state. Participation will be optional and parental consent will be required (for their children to attend the categories): Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani (ANI)
Vaccine hesitancy among a segment of the population has forced the West Bengal government to conduct door-to-door surveys to identify other people who want to receive their second Covid-19 shot and vaccinate them.
According to data from the West Bengal Health Department, around thirteen lakh additional people are due to receive their second dose of Covaxin and 8. 8 lakh of Covishield. The gap between the two doses of Covaxin, co-evolved between the Indian Council of Medical Research and Hyderabad. Bharat Biotech, based in India, is 28 days. The interval for Covishield, developed through Oxford University and AstraZeneca and manufactured locally through the Serum Institute of India, is 84 days. Learn more
The number of COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 55,246 on Sunday as three more people tested positive for the infection, a senior fitness official said. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 280 as no new deaths were recorded, state surveillance officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The northeastern state now has 43 active cases, while another 54,923 people have recovered from the disease so far, adding to 8 on Thursday, the official said. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in the state is 99. 41 per cent. The region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas and Tawang district have the number of active cases with 10 each, followed by East Siang (six) and West Kameng (four). So far, the state has tested 11,95,854 COVID-19 samples, adding to 342 on Saturday, the SSO said, adding that the positivity rate remained at 0. 87 per cent. Dr. Dimong Padung, national immunization officer, said a total of 13,81,208 people have been vaccinated so far, adding 5,007 on Saturday. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to four men, who were arrested for allegedly hoarding and selling at exorbitant rates life-saving medicines to treat COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic. The high court said though the men are accused of a nefarious and depraved offence, taking into account the fact that the evidence is primarily documentary in nature and is already in the custody of police, it was of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served in prolonging their incarceration.
“It is settled law that the magnitude of the offence cannot be the only criterion for denying bail. The object of bail is to secure the presence of the accused at the trial. The object of bail is neither punitive nor preventative and the person who has not been convicted should be held in custody pending trial only to ensure his attendance at trial; and to ensure that the evidence is not tampered with and the witnesses are not threatened,” Justice Subramonium Prasad said.
The high court granted bail to Mohan Kumar Jha, Mohd Shoiab Khan, Pushkar Chandrakant Pakhale and Aditya Gautam, who are in custody for last seven months, on furnishing a personal band of Rs one lakh each with two sureties of the like amount and directed them not to leave the national capital without prior court permission.
In addition, it ordered the four defendants to report to the relevant police station 3 times a week and not to tamper with evidence or touch witnesses. According to the prosecutor’s office, in the second wave of COVID-19 in April, criminal police officers obtained supplies for illegal hoarding. and source of life-saving medicines, adding Remdesivir, to treat coronavirus patients.
Police officials got the information that two of the accused are going to supply Remdesivir injections near Batra Hospital and they were apprehended along with the medicines but they were unable to given any prescription of doctor or bills or satisfactory answers, it said, adding that similarly, other accused were also arrested from other places.
The police said that at the time of arrest of one of the accused persons, empty vials, vial caps and a batch coding machine which was apparently used for the production of fake Remdesivir injection labels were also recovered. The accused sought bail on the grounds that they were lodged in judicial custody for the last seven months and a charge sheet has been filed and that no useful purpose would be served by keeping them in jail.
Prosecutor Amit Chadha opposed the bail requests, claiming that there was a coordinated link between Americans trying to deceive other innocent and desperate people whose family members had health problems and that those other people were exploiting the gullibility of other innocent people by promoting fake Remdesivir. injections at exorbitant prices. (PTI)
Thirteen people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall tally to 21,311, officials said on Sunday.Of the 224 active cases in the Union Territory, Leh has 213 and Kargil 11, the officials said.Ladakh has so far registered 212 Covid-related deaths with 154 in Leh and 58 in Kargil since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. The officials said 1,559 persons were tested for COVID-19 in twin districts on Saturday and 13 of them returned positive for the infection. They included 10 in Leh and three in Kargil.They said 13 coronavirus-infected patients were discharged from a hospital in Leh, taking the number of recoveries in Ladakh to 20,875. (PTI)
In a single day, 10,488 COVID-19 infections and 313 deaths have accumulated, bringing India’s case count to 3,45,10,413 and the number of deaths to 4,65,662: Union Ministry of Health (PTI)
Kerala Health Minister Veena George says the state’s Covid strategy has been to “delay the peak”, noting that despite the cases, the state’s death rate is among the lowest in the country, explaining why she contacted the Centre for booster doses. . . | Learn More
Active COVID-19 cases in the country at 1,22,714: Union Ministry of Health (PTI)
India recorded 10,488 new coronavirus infections, taking the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,45,10,413, while active cases declined to 1,22,714, the lowest in 532 days, according to ministry data. of Health of the Union updated on Sunday. . The death toll rose to 4,65,662 with 313 new fatalities, according to the information updated at 8 am (PTI).
Bangladesh on Saturday reported no deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since the pandemic began last year, a senior official said. The feat came as the Bangladesh government made consistent efforts to reduce deaths from the contagious coronavirus that has so far claimed the lives of another 27,946 people and affected over 1. 5 million others so far. ‘now. “I am pleased to inform you that no deaths due to coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours. Another 178 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 during this same period,” a Health Ministry spokesperson told reporters. Bangladesh’s health government reported the first COVID-19 death on April 3 last year. Professor Nazmul Islam, spokesperson for the Directorate of Health Services (DGHS), said it was a “great relief” for the country that infection cases had reduced, but it remained to be seen whether the mortality rate remained zero. . According to the DGHS, the virus has so far killed 27,946 people and infected more than 1. 5 million, while the mortality rate now stands at 1. 78, per hundred people infected. The DGHS reported that in the last 24 hours, 1. 18% positive cases of COVID-19 were reported, while 15,107 samples were tested. Since the start of the pandemic, 97. 72 percent of COVID-19 patients have recovered and 1. 78 percent have died. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 36 fresh coronavirus positive cases while 44 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the state to 8,27,184 and recoveries to 8,16,770, the state health department said on Saturday. The death toll remained unchanged at 10,091 as no new fatality due to COVID-19 was reported in this period, the department said in a release. Gujarat is now left with 323 active cases, it said. With 4.10 lakh people receiving anti-COVID-19 jabs in the last 24 hours, the total number of doses administered so far in Gujarat rose to 7.69 crore. Ahmedabad district reported the highest number of nine new cases, Vadodara seven, Surat and Valsad four each, and Jamnagar three cases. Kutch, Rajkot and Sabarkantha reported two cases each. Gandhinagar, Mehsana and Navsari reported one case each. No new case or recovery was reported from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu which is free of active cases, officials said. Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 8,27,184, new cases 36, death toll 10,091, discharged 8,16,770, active cases 323, people tested so far – figures not released. (PTI)
The number of COVID-19 cases in Sikkim rose to 32,161 on Saturday with the detection of 14 new cases, according to a Health Ministry bulletin. The death toll remained unchanged at 403, and no new deaths were reported, according to the bulletin. New cases, East Sikkim recorded 12, and West Sikkim and South Sikkim recorded one each. The Himalayan state has lately 125 active cases, while another 31,299 people have recovered from the viral disease. A total of 334 patients have migrated to other states. So far, 2,67,709 pattern tests have been conducted in Sikkim. The positivity rate stands at 4. 9 percent and the recovery rate at 98. 3 percent, the bulletin added.
Thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested in Vienna on Saturday against coronavirus restrictions a day after Austria’s government announced a new lockdown and said vaccines would be made compulsory next year. Whistling, clapping, blowing horns and banging drums, crowds streamed into Heroes’ Square in front of the Hofburg, the former imperial palace in central Vienna. Many protesters waved Austrian and other flags and carried signs with slogans such as “no to vaccination”, “enough is enough” or “down with the fascist dictatorship”. Roughly 66% of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. Many Austrians are sceptical about vaccines, a view encouraged by the far-right Freedom Party, the third-biggest in parliament. “We are not in favour of our government’s measures,” said one protester who was part of a group with tin foil on their heads and toilet brushes in their hands. Like most protesters who spoke to the media, they declined to give their names, though the mood was festive. (Reuters)
The number of COVID-19 cases in Nashik, Maharashtra, reached 4,11,893 on Saturday after 58 cases were detected, while two deaths brought the death toll to 8,702, an official said. The number of recoveries rose from 53 on the day to 4,02,717, it added. With 3,810 samples tested on Saturday, the number of tests in Nashik has risen to 28,20,379, the official said. (PTI)
Kerala logged 6,075 fresh COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths on Saturday, taking the total caseload to 50,95,924 and the toll to 37,299. Among the districts, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest number of cases– 949, followed by Ernakulam with 835 and Kollam with 772. Recoveries numbered 6,061, taking the total cured in the state to 49,96,878, the health department said in a release. Active cases stood at 61,114, out of which only 6.8 per cent have been hospitalised, it said. Out of those found infected today, 24 reached the state from outside while 5,686 contracted the disease from their contacts. The sources of infection of 330 are yet to be traced. Thirty five health workers were also among the infected. A total of 60,437 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it said, adding that 46 wards across 39 local self government bodies in Kerala have a weekly infection population ratio above 10 per cent. There are 1,92,854 persons under observation in the state, out of which 5,162 are in isolation wards of various hospitals. (PTI)
No new deaths were reported from the four enclaves of Pondicherry on Saturday and the toll remained at 1,869 as the Union Territory added 43 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 1,28,631. Pondicherry leads in the number of cases (19), followed by Karikal (16), Yanam (7) and Mahe (1), fitness department director G Sriramulu said in a statement. He specified that the number of active cases stands at 317, of which 74 patients were hospitalized and the remaining 243 were in home isolation. Forty patients have recovered and been discharged, taking the total number to 1,26,445, the director said. He said the test positivity rate was 2. 02 according to Cent, while the death and recovery rates were 1. 45 according to Cent and 98. 30. consistent with the cent, respectively. A total of 11,72,390 doses have been administered so far, making up 7,36,675 first doses and the remaining 4,35,715 secondary injections, he said.
Andhra Pradesh on Saturday added 164 new cases to its COVID-19 tally, which has now risen to 20,71,070. The total number of recoveries rose to 20,54,252 after 196 more people were cured of the infection in 24 hours to nine a. m. Saturday, said a bulletin from the Ministry of Health. A new death brought the total number of deaths to 14,426, according to the statement. The number of active cases dropped to 2. 3 nine 2. Krishna district reported 32 cases, Visakhapatnam 24, Guntur 22, Chittoor 1 nine and West Godavari 18 new cases in 24 hours, while the remaining eight districts added less than 10 each. Only Krishna district reported one coronavirus death per day. (PTI)
The record number of coronavirus deaths in Russia continued for a second day in a row on Saturday, while the number of new infections decreased. The state’s coronavirus task force reported 1,254 COVID-19 deaths, matching Friday’s count. The task force also reported 37,120 new cases shown. New daily infections in recent weeks appear to be trending downward, but remain higher than in past waves of the virus. The new wave of infections and deaths comes against a backdrop of low vaccination rates and lax public attitudes toward precautions. About 40% of Russia’s roughly 146 million people have been fully vaccinated, although the country approved a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine months before most other countries around the world. In total, the coronavirus task force reported around 9. 3 million infections and 262,843 deaths from COVID-19, by far the highest number in Europe. For some experts, the genuine figure is even higher. Reports from the Russian statistical service Rosstat, which retrospectively counts coronavirus-related deaths, reveal much higher mortality. They say another 462,000 people with COVID-19 died between April 2020 and September of this year. Russian officials said the task force only includes deaths in which COVID-19 was the number one cause and uses knowledge from medical institutions. Rosstat uses broader criteria for counting virus-related deaths and takes its figures from civil registry offices where registration of a death is finalized. (PENNSYLVANIA)
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