Coronavirus Cases in India Highlights: Covid-19 is back and how! The rapid rise in number of Covid cases is slowly putting a lot of us on edge. And rightly so. The second wave had hit the people in worst possible ways and with an uptick in cases now, people are worried that this could be the onset of the third wave of Coronavirus. India recorded 11,109 new Covid cases and an active caseload of 49,622 in last 24 hours, according to the data on Health Ministry’s website.
The country crossed the worrysome mark of 10,000 new Covid cases on Thursday. As per the Health Ministry, India on an average registered 5,555 Covid-19 daily in the last week as compared to 3,108 the week before.
The national capital reported fresh 1527 Covid-19 cases and two deaths, according to the official data that was released on Thursday. Maharashtra for the second consecutive day recorded over 1,000 new Coronavirus cases, with 1,086 fresh infections and one death being reported in the last 24 hours.
Noida renewed the mask mandate in the city amidst the rising number of cases. An order from the health department stated that people will have to wear masks mandatorily and those who are caught without it won’t be allwoed to enter office, hospitals, schools, malls, cinema halls and any public transport.
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According to the Union Health Ministry, India recorded over 11,000 new Covid-19 cases and an active caseload of 49622 in last 24 hours on Friday. To get live updates on the Coronavirus situation in India, stay tuned with financialexpress.com.
On Friday, Rajasthan reported 397 new Covid cases and three more deaths, officials said, reported news agency PTI. The fatalities were reported from Jaipur, Churu, and Hanumangarh.
The new cases include 42 from Jhalawar, 85 from Jaipur, 44 from Jodhpur, 32 from Bikaner, 30 from Sikar, 31 from Udaipur, and 29 from Ajmer. In the state, there are 1,764 active Covid cases.
Recently, no deaths related to COVID19 have been reported in the northeast states of India.
In India, Tripura is the only state which has not recorded any case of COVID till last reports came in.
In the northeast, with only 27 active COVID cases recorded so far, the region is the 'safest zone' in the country.
Puducherry logged 139 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally in the union territory to 1,76,793, a senior Health department official said on Friday.
According to Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Grover, Head of critical care & Pulmonology – CK Birla Hospital, Gurgaon, although the majority of the population has received the vaccinations, it is still recommended that those who are elderly, pregnant, or young children should be more vigilant with greater caution.
Dr. Pramod V Satya, Consultant – Internal Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Millers Road, Bangalore told Financial Express.com that the present COVID-19 strain is very mild though the infectivity is very high.
"The symptoms of influenza, virus, and Covid-19 are very similar so it might cause confusion among the patients to identify. With each new case, a person, a family, or a community is affected. The positivity rate is high in Delhi as the testing rate with PCR is low but there is no need to panic,” says Dr. SK Chhabra, HOD- Pulmonary, Primus Super Speciality Hospital
According to the Health Ministry's website, the national capital has recorded the active caseload of 3962 since Thursday. There has been an uptick of 615 cases since April 13th.
Amid increase in number of Covid-19 cases, Mohali's Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain has asked to carry out Covid-19 testing in two shifts. She gave these orders due to the delay in receiving the test reports, as per a report by The Indian Express.
A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the country, in Jammu on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the hospitalisation rate due to Covid-19 remains low in the national capital despite a recent surge in number of cases. According to the data shared by the city government's Health department, only 231 of the 7,945 beds in the city's dedicated Covid hospitals are occupied.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi has issued an advisory for its staff to follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour after a few of them were tested positive for the infection, reported ANI.
More than three years after COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China appears to be emerging as the source of the virus, reported ANI. The laboratory lab leak theory initially considered as a conspiracy theory, is gaining more and more traction among the scientific community worldwide, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
According to the Raj Bhavan, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has tested positive for COVID-19. Mishra's test report is positive, the Raj Bhavan said, and suggested that those who came into contact with him recently get themselves tested and follow Covid guidelines, reported PTI. Recently, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his predecessor Vasundhara Raje also tested positive for COVID-19.
Delhi recorded1527 Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, according to a daily bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Thursday. Meanwhile, active cases in the national capital stood at 3962. In some positive news, a total of 909 patients have successfully recovered from Covid.
According to Dr. SK Chhabra, HOD- Pulmonary, Primus Super Speciality Hospital, the current surge in cases has been attributed primarily to the XBB.1.16 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant.
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As per a new study published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, people aged 65 years and above who received Pfizer bivalent mRNA vaccine booster dose, showed 72 per cent lower risk of Covid-related hospitalisation and 68 per cent lower risk of Covid-related death, a PTI report said. The study authors said that the study showed no direct comparison between bivalent and monovalent vaccines.
Noida authority have renewed their mask mandate and has made it mandatory for people to wear masks while travelling by public transport or when going to schools/colleges. Delhi on Thursday reported 1,527 Covid-19 cases.
India recorded 11,109 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the daily health bulletin released by the Union Health Ministry on Friday. This is a sharp jump from Thursday when 7,830 cases were reported across India. The active caseload stood at 49,622, which is 0.11 per cent of the total cases.
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