Covid-19 fourth wave News
China is experiencing a surge in new coronavirus cases
Union Health Minister sked people to adopt Covid-appropriate behavior
Experts have emphasised that China's situation is unique
India's active Covid-19 caseload now stands at 3,402. The spike in daily coronavirus infections has been seen amid a sudden spurt in Covid-19 cases in China and some other countries.
Govt clears Corbevax as Covid-19 booster dose for adults vaccinated with Covaxin, Covishield
Health Ministry's approval is based on the recommendations made by the NTG
Corbevax is currently being used to inoculate children in the age group of 12 to 14 years under the COVID-19 immunisation programme.
The death toll climbed to 5,26,600 with 70 new fatalities
The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections
National Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said
Covid-19 Fourth Wave: The positivity rate rose after the national capital logged 822 fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday.
Covid-19 fourth wave scare: Delhi recorded 1,333 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day rise in over a month.
The Maharashtra health department said that 35 patients of BA.4 and BA.5 variants and eight patients of BA.2.75 variants were reported on Saturday, PTI reported.
The Covid-19 booster doses will be available free of cost to all adults for only 75 days from July 15.
Covid-19 Fourth Wave: The District Education Department has temporarily closed the school in response to the risk, reported ANI.
Covid-19 fourth wave: Earlier, an Israeli expert claimed that a new sub-variant of Omicron, which may be alarming has been found in 10 Indian states.
Amid the Covid-19 fourth wave threat, the Centre on Wednesday (July 6, 2022) reduced the gap for precaution doses from existing 9 months to 6 months for those above 18 years.
As per the expert, the new Omicron sub-variant is already present and has been detected in about 10 Indian states, IANS reported.
New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 17,070 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed. Additionally, 23 new coronavirus-related fatalities pushed India's tally of cases to 4,34,69,234, the death toll to 5,25,139. The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.55 per cent, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.40 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 3.59 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,28,36,906, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
According to the ministry, 197.74 crore doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
The 23 new fatalities include 15 from Kerala, three from Maharashtra, and one each from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
Karnataka currently has 5,707 active coronavirus infections. According to state health department data, Bengaluru is the worst-hit city with 5,393 active Covid-19 cases.
Covid-19 Fourth wave: Of the 23 patients, 12 are women and the rest are men, PTI reported.
Maharashtra was one of the worst Covid-affected states during the first and second deadly Delta-triggered wave in India.
Over 5,300 challans were issued across Delhi between June 10 and 15 on those flouting Covid norms amid a surge in cases here, PTI reported.
The last time Maharashtra recorded more than 4,000 cases was on February 12, when the state had recorded 4,359 coronavirus infections, reported PTI.
This is the fourth consecutive day when Delhi has recorded more than 600 cases
The death toll remained unchanged at 26,221
Delhi on Sunday (June 12) reported 735 new COVID-19 cases
Covid-19: From June 1 to 12, there were 23,941 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, of which 14,945 were reported from Mumbai alone.
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