Updates on the fourth wave of Covid-19 in India: India saw a slight drop in Covid cases on Sunday. However, the number of deaths has doubled in the past 24 hours, with a maximum reported in Kerala. There has also been a buildup in the number of active instances, the fitness bulletin says. In China, the scenario remains bleak as mass testing becomes the norm in Beijing. Meanwhile, the WHO’s estimates of the actual number of deaths in the pandemic have sparked much debate. After India, it is now Pakistan that has also expressed doubts about the WHO figures.
Here are the Covid updates in India and around the world:
The cumulative doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country exceeded 190. 33 crore on Sunday, the Union Health Department said. More than 11 lakh (11,93,312) doses of vaccine were administered until 7 p. m. Sunday. The vaccine count is expected to increase with the compilation of the latest reports from the day due in the evening. A total of 20,524 preventive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to other seniors aged 18 to 59 until 7 pm. on Sunday, raising the general precautionary doses administered in this age organization to 10,93,599 so far, according to the knowledge of the Ministry of Health. (PTI)
The COVID-19 count in Madhya Pradesh hit 1041689 on Sunday after 28 cases were detected, while the death toll did not rise and stood at 10735, a fitness official said. The positivity rate was 0. 3 percent, while the number of recoveries rose to 35 to 10,30,764, leaving the state with 190 active instances, the official said. With 7,421 samples tested during the day, the number of PM tests rose to 2,91,40,814, he added. One government says 11, so far the state has administered 80,48,224 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, adding up to 4,326 on Sunday. (PTI)
A total of 24 academics from the city’s National Institute of Design (NID) tested positive for COVID-19 in 3 days, with 16 cases reported on Sunday alone, officials said. With the detection of these cases, the educational activities of the institute were suspended. Said. Authorities have declared the new children’s home and some other blocks of the first design institute as micro-participation zones in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus, an official with the fitness branch of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said. “In the last 3 days, 24 NID fellows have tested positive for COVID-19. They were kept in isolation in the shelter, which declared a micro-compromise zone,” the official said. (PTI)
Punjab reported 23 new cases of covid on Sunday, bringing the number of infections to 759905, according to a medical bulletin. No covid-related deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours and the death toll is 17751, he said. Mohali recorded 10, followed by seven in Ludhiana and two in Fazilka and Patiala, he said. There were 284 active instances in the state, he said. (PTI)
Delhi on Sunday reported 1,422 new cases of COVID-19 and no deaths from the viral disease, while the positivity rate recorded 5. 34 percent, according to data shared by the city’s fitness department. A total of 26,647 covid-19 tests were conducted in the nation’s capital on Saturday, it showed. With the new cases, the number of COVID-19 infections in Delhi stands at 18,94,254, while the death toll is 26,179, according to the bulletin. The city reported 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4. 72% and two deaths on Saturday. (PTI)
Telangana saw 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 7,92,327. However, no new deaths from the infection have been reported in the past 24 hours and the death toll remains at 4,111, according to a medical bulletin. Hyderabad recorded the number of cases at 21. A total of another 40 people have recovered from the infection today, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to date to 7,87,835. Active cases stood at 381, he said. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 224 new positive coronavirus cases, bringing the state’s number of infections to 78,79,278, while one death brought the death toll to 1,47,847, the fitness branch said. A total of 196 patients recovered on the day, bringing cumulative recovery count to 77,30,127. Lately there are 1,304 active instances in the state. On Sunday, 24,349 tests were conducted, bringing the total number of tests in the state to 8,03,79,421. The state’s COVID-19 recovery rate is 98. 11%, while the death rate is 1. 87%. (PTI)
Sixty-four academics living in two shelters in Odisha’s Raygada district tested positive for COVID, and the state reported 71 new cases on Sunday, officials said. The state has been recording cases consistent with the day of the month after, they said. With that, the state’s COVID-19 count rose to 12,88,202. The death toll stands at 9,126 with no new deaths. Lately there are 160 active cases in the state, while another 12,78,863 people have recovered from the infection. Forty-four citizens of the Anwesha shelter in Kotlaguda tested positive for COVID, shelter director Namita Samal said. (PTI)
The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Nashik district rose from one to 4,76,061 on Sunday, fitness officials said. There were no casualties from the virus on the day, keeping the death toll in the district unchanged at 8,899. A total of 4 So far, 67,156 patients have recovered in Nashik. Currently, six patients are receiving treatment in the district, they said. (PTI)
Israel said Sunday it was ending mandatory COVID-19 screening for arrivals at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, but foreigners would still have to test negative before boarding a flight to the country. The Health Ministry said checks at Ben-Gurion would no longer be necessary from May 20. He cited a drop in the number of daily infections, from more than 6,000 to fewer than 2,000 over the past month, to make the decision. From Tuesday, foreigners can choose to have an immediate antigen check within 24 hours. departure to Israel, rather than a PCR check, within the 72-hour journey recently required, the ministry said in a statement. Since March 1, Israel has not required its citizens to check for COVID-19 before boarding a return flight. (Reuters)
Ladakh on Sunday reported a new case of covid that brought the number of infections to 28,248, officials said. The number of active cases is now two, they said. Currently, there are no cases in Kargil district, which has recorded a total of 5,280 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic to 22,968 in Leh, officials said. No COVID-related deaths were recorded on Saturday and the death toll remained unchanged at 228-168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil, they said.
Beijing reported 39 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in the 24 hours ending at 3 p. m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday, a disease official in the Chinese capital said. The city has recorded a total of 727 COVID infections since April 22, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, said at a press conference. –Reuters
A day after a new case of COVID-19 was reported after a fortnight, on Sunday some new infections were detected in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, bringing the number of cases in the Union territory to 10,037, according to a health bulletin. There are now two active instances in the archipelago, while another 9,906 people have been cured of the disease and 129 patients have succumbed to the infection to date. So far, management has tested more than 7. 27 lakh of samples for COVID-19 and fully vaccinated 3. 36 lakh other people, he added. PTI
Millions of Beijing citizens covered for some other COVID-19 testing loop on Sunday, in what fits a daily regimen as the Chinese capital rushes to involve a small but cursed outbreak, and a prolonged Shanghai-style lockdown. The Shanghai mall, which conducted 63 million PCR tests and 126 million immediate antigen tests last week among its 25 million citizens, will also continue daily testing in the coming days, city officials said. Reuter
The Delhi Capitals have reported a new case of Covid-19 on a day when they are scheduled to play the Chennai Super Kings today.
An increase of 332 cases in the number of active COVID-19 cases was recorded in 24 hours. The daily positivity rate registered 0. 96% and the weekly positivity rate 0. 83%, according to the ministry.
Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 1060606, while the death toll remained unchanged in 19563, a city official said. So far, another 1040259 people have been released after recovery, adding 94 a day, leaving the city with an active case count of 784, he said. Data from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation showed that the recovery rate was 98 percent, the time to double the number of instances was 7316 days, and the overall rate of case expansion between April 30 and May 6 was 0. 009 percent. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, bringing its tally to 12,24,470 and its death toll to 10,944, an official with the state fitness branch said. with an active workload of 125, he said. The death occurred in Kheda district, while the cases included 19 in Ahmedabad, 3 in Vadodara and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana and Rajkot, the official said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 count in Madhya Pradesh came to 1041661 on Saturday after 27 cases were detected with a positivity rate of 0. 3%, while the number of deaths remained unchanged at 10735, an official said. So far, another 1030729 people have been released after recovery, adding up to 40 a day, leaving the state with 197 active instances, he said. With 7,727 samples tested on Saturday, the number of PM tests rose to 2,91,33,393, he added. (PTI)
Chennai and neighboring Chengalpet accounted for the majority of new COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, as new instances rose to 89, adding two returnees from Malaysia and Singapore, respectively, totaling 34,54,306, the fitness branch said. The death toll in the state stands at 38,025, with no deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, according to a medical bulletin. Among those who tested positive were 44 men and forty-five women, he said. (PTI)
Karnataka reported 171 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 39,48,635 while there were no deaths, the fitness branch said. In its COVID bulletin, the branch said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while another 121 people have been discharged. The state conducted 15,647 tests on Saturday, adding 11,520 RT-PCR tests. Most of the cases came from the urban district of Bengaluru, which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases. There have been 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one in Dharwad, Udupi, Rural Bengaluru and Bidar. (ITP)
Maharashtra reported 253 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, bringing the total to 78,79,054 and the death toll to 1,47,846, an official said. The last 24 hours, leaving the state with an active workload of 1277, he said. Mumbai led with 172 cases, while the only death in Satara was Pune Division, the official said. % and mortality rate 1. 86 %. (PTI)
Delhi records 1,407 new Covid cases, two more deaths; Positivity at 4. 72 pc: Authorities. (PTI)
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said: “During the 3 days of Swasthya Chintan Shivir, we approved a solution that we did not estimate in the WHO estimates on covid deaths. Since 1969, we have been legally registering births and deaths. “(ANI)
Odisha recorded 14 new cases of covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total to 12,88,131, the fitness branch said. The death toll remained unchanged at 9,126 as no new deaths from the coronavirus were reported. 0 deaths as of Friday. Odisha now has 103 active instances of coronavirus. A total of 12,78,849 more people have recovered from the disease so far, adding 10 on Friday. The branch said 53 coronavirus patients have also died due to comorbidities so far. PTI
Pakistan’s government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the UN body’s method of collecting knowledge and assuming a bug in the software used to collect the figures. In a recent report, the WHO estimated that there were 260,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Pakistan, 8 times the official figure. Official records imply that Pakistan has recorded 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with more than 1. 5 million infections. PTI
Delhi recorded a marginal increase in Covid-19 cases on Friday with 1,656 new infections detected. This is the third time in the April-May era that the number has exceeded 1,500.
Health ministers from other states attending the 14th Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) convention criticized the WHO for its estimate of 4. 7 million covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to criticize the country. “in bad light. “–PTI
The Chinese capital, Beijing, on Saturday unveiled a new circular of mass testing for COVID-19 and closed more bus routes and subway stations, as it searches for the fate of Shanghai, where millions of citizens have been locked down for more than a year. month. –Reuters
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded millions of rupees, the Union fitness ministry said on Saturday.
A new case of COVID-19 was recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after 14 days, bringing the number of cases in the Union territory to 10,036, a health bulletin said on Saturday. The new infection was detected by touching the trace, he said. . The past infection was reported on 23 April and the patient was cured on 30 April. PTI