Covid 19
Kerala Holds 88.78% of Active Covid Cases in India
Emphasizing control without drastic measures, George assured the situation remains manageable, despite reports of various fevers across the state.
As Covid Cases Surge, Health Ministry Urges States to Maintain 'Constant Vigilance'
The advisory urged adequate testing, district-wise monitoring of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) & Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases, and increased RT-PCR tests for timely detection of new variants, including JN.1, a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant with immune-evasion properties. The World Health Organisation has called for robust surveillance and sequence sharing as global cases rise.
Masks, limited lockdowns to return if Covid cases shoot up this winter
The rising Covid cases have already prompted some schools, hospitals and businesses in the US to encourage, or even require, people to start masking up again. CDC Director Mandy Cohen has cautioned that Covid remains risky for people who are unvaccinated.
Nipah can spread by droplets, has a fatality rate of 40 to 70%: ICMR
"Nipah is a zoonotic virus (transmission of virus from animal to humans)," said Bahl noting that "fruit bats are the reservoirs" of the virus.
India logs 11,109 new Covid cases
The country's active caseload stands at 49,622, while the active cases are at 0.11 per cent. With 6,456 patients discharged from the hospital during the same period, the total recoveries have risen to 4,42,16,583. The recovery rate is being pegged at 98.70 per cent.
Amid Covid surge, face masks mandatory in Gurugram
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner, Nishant Kumar Yadav in his order said, "It is mandatory to wear face masks in public places, malls, government/private offices where more than 100 people gather in the district to prevent the spread of Covid infection, as per the instructions of Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department."
India reports 5,880 new Covid cases
The daily positivity rate was at 6.91 per cent while weekly positivity rate stood at 3.67 per cent as per the data released by the Ministry. The active caseload currently stands at 35,199. The recovery rate is at 98.73 per cent. In the last 24 hours a total of 3,481 recoveries were logged taking the total recoveries to 4,41,96,318.
India reports 5,357 new Covid cases
The daily positivity rate was 3.39 per cent and the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.54 per cent. The active cases were at 0.07 per cent and the recovery rate currently at 98.74 per cent. The Ministry said that 3,726 recoveries in the last 24 hours increased the total recovered to 4,41,92,837. The total number of tests conducted.
India logs 6,050 fresh Covid-19 cases
With 3,320 recoveries in the same time span, the total number of recoveries reached 4,41,85,858. The recovery rate currently at 98.75 per cent.
The daily positivity rate stood at 3.39 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate at 3.02 per cent. The active caseload currently stands at 28,303.With 1,78,533 tests conducted in the same time span, total number of tests reached 92.25 crore.
India: Covid fresh cases cross 5k-mark
The new addition has pushed the total number of active cases to 25,587. According to the data, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.32 per cent and weekly positivity rate at 2.89 per cent. The Health Ministry said that till now 220.66 crore Total Vaccine doses (95.21 cr Second Dose and 22.87 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive. 1,993 doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
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