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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Sees 72,330 New Cases in 24 Hrs; Maharashtra Health Min Urges People Above 45 to Get Jabbed as Vaccination Opens for Them

News18.com | April 01, 2021, 11:13 IST
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope appealed to all above 45 to get jab as vaccination for the age group opens from today. On the other hand, Dr Rana Anil Kr Singh, director and medical superintendent of Delhi’s RML Hospital, assured that in case vaccinated people test positive, the infection will never take a severe form. “Statistically, scant minority of those vaccinated may contract virus but there isn’t single case of anyone who got vaccinated, contracted COVID & died. If vaccinated people test positive, infection never takes severe form,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

Veteran music composer Bappi Lahiri has been admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. In the poll-bound eastern state of West Bengal, city doctors are in a fear that the state is heading towards severe outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus as the people are not adhering to the protocol to check its spread and large numbers of them are participating in the innumerable rallies and campaigns by political leaders.

They warned that this violation of the COVID-19 protocol may lead to a situation similar to the one in 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic across the globe. Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, in-charge of the post-COVID follow-up clinic at the Infectious Diseases and Beliaghata General (ID&BG) Hospital, which was a designated COVID-19 hospital, foresees a “severe outbreak” of contagion the state in the near future. Sisir Naskar, the superintendent of M R Bangur Hospital, another designated coronavirus hospital, blamed the laxity of the common people for the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the state.

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Apr 01, 2021 11:13 (IST)

Union Minister Piyush Goyal takes his first dose of the COVID19 vaccine at AIIMS Delhi.

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People wait for their turn to get the COVID19 vaccine dose at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

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Today's Data Highlights

- 72.3k new cases, 459 new deaths, 40.4k new recoveries, 31.5k rise in active cases 

- Maharashtra reports 39.5k new cases, Chhattisgarh 4.6k, Karnataka 4.2k

- Highest new cases in India in last 172 days (since October 11, 2020) 

- Highest new deaths in India in 116 days (since December 6, 2020)

- Maharashtra reports 227 new deaths, Punjab 55, Chhattisgarh 39 

- Active cases in Chhattisgarh now over 25k. 4 states now have more than 25k active cases 

- 11.25 lakh new tests. Positivity rate rises to 6.42%. Maharashtra 23.67%

- India now No.5 in the world in active cases

Apr 01, 2021 10:15 (IST)

Uttar Pradesh minister Brajesh Pathak takes his first dose of COVID19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Lucknow.

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Visual from Government Satellite Hospital, Bani Park in Jaipur as third phase of COVID19 vaccination for all above 45 years begins today.

Apr 01, 2021 10:07 (IST)

72K New Cases in 24 Hrs | India reports 72,330 new COVID19 cases, 40,382 discharges, and 459 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry

Total cases: 1,22,21,665
Total recoveries: 1,14,74,683
Active cases: 5,84,055
Death toll: 1,62,927
 
Total vaccination:  6,51,17,896

Apr 01, 2021 10:02 (IST)

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We must contain the increasing Covid-19 soon. The most important factor behind surge in cases is the compromised COVID appropriate behaviour of people since lockdown restrictions were lifted. Statistically, scant minority of those vaccinated may contract virus but there isn't single case of anyone who got vaccinated, contracted COVID and died. If vaccinated people test positive, infection never takes severe form: : Dr Rana Anil Kr Singh, Director & Medical Superintendent of RML Hospital, Delhi.

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Apr 01, 2021 07:20 (IST)

Biggest 1-day Spike in Odisha | Odisha registered its highest single day spike so far this year in coronavirus cases yesterday when its tally surged to 3,40,917 after 297 more people tested positive for the infection amidst preparations by the state to inoculate two lakh people from Thursday, a health department official said. The state during the day also registered the recovery of 161 patients taking the total number of cured persons to 3,37,091, which is 98.87 per cent of the caseload. Odishas case fatality ratio (CFR) remained unchanged at 0.56 per cent while its positivity rate is 3.77 per cent, he said.

Apr 01, 2021 07:14 (IST)

Maha Govt Slashes Testing Charges | The Maharashtra government has brought down the rates of coronavirus RT-PCR tests to Rs 500 from Rs 1,000. The charges for rapid antigen tests were also brought down. State Health Minister Rajesh Tope made the announcement. After the outbreak of the pandemic last year, the charges for a RT-PCR test in the state were Rs 4,500, which were slashed from time-to-time by the state government to ease the burden on people. "The new rates for RT-PCR test are fixed at Rs 500, Rs 600 and Rs 800. For giving samples at the collection centre, Rs 500 will be charged. For the same test at a Covid Care Centre or a quarantine centre, the charges will be Rs 600 and to collect the swab from home, the labs can charge Rs 800," Dr Pradeep Vyas, principal secretary of public health department, said. The cost of anti-bodies test will be Rs 250, Rs 300 and Rs 400 for similar services respectively. 

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Sees 72,330 New Cases in 24 Hrs; Maharashtra Health Min Urges People Above 45 to Get Jabbed as Vaccination Opens for Them
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“In the case of any pandemic, second and third waves are inevitable as per the law of the nature. These will eventually go away but there cannot be a careless attitude. In our state, the laxity of the common people in fighting the disease is the primary reason behind the rise in the incidences of the disease,” he said. Bandopadhyay said the chances of more people being affected by the contagion is high in the state as more and more of them are participating in political rallies and meetings without wearing masks.

Chances of virus transmission are higher in rallies because more droplets come out from the mouths of leaders when they address rallies and people surrounding him shout slogans – most of them without masks. This puts people near them to risk, he said. “It is quite a risky situation. We are seeing large number of people participating in rallies and meetings by political parties in West Bengal and not bothering about the norms which should be followed during this pandemic,” he said.

We are heading towards a severe outbreak of the disease here in West Bengal and it may happen even before the elections are over. And if this happens, there will be another crisis in the state in which the hospitals may not be able to accomodate many of the affected,” city-based obstetrician- gynecologist Hiralal Konar told PTI. The eighth and the last phase of election in West Bengal is slated for April 29.

According to Konar, the second wave of the dreaded coronavirus, which has already hit the state, could have been delayed by another two to three months had the common people followed the precautionary measures. He blamed the lackadaisical attitude of the common people like not wearing proper masks and not maintaining physical distancing norms for the recent spike in the number of infections.

Konar also blamed the political leaders of irresponsible attitude for organising campaign rallies putting to risk the lives of the common people participating in them. “The casual attitude of the people is quite dangerous.

We have seen this sudden spike in the number of coronavirus over the last fortnight. The situation is aggravated by holding political rallies and meetings where norms are violated by everybody. “If the situation deteriorates further and there is only a caretaker government due to the election, the common people will face a very difficult situation,” he cautioned.

The principal of ID&BG Hospital Anima Halder echoed Konar and blamed the casual approach of the people for the sudden spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in West Bengal. She said, “You cannot blame the political parties alone. I have seen people doing away with their masks and violating the physical distancing norm since Durga Puja last year. They sit and chat in tea stalls, participate in social gatherings and weddings, celebrate Holi.

“The rise in coronavirus incidences is therefore inevitable. We cannot shrug off our responsibilities. The situation is grim and will deteriorate,” Mondal said when contacted. “We cannot take things lightly thinking that there are vaccines now. There are people, who after being vaccinated are randomly violating the safety protocols without understanding the gravity of the situation,” she added.

Senior physician Syamasis Bandyopadhyay said that there is no data to support that the recent surge in the state is due to political rallies. “It is the complacency of the people which led to this situation,” he said when asked. “The COVID-19 situation deteriorated in Maharashtra though there was no political rally nor any election there at the time. There is no data to prove that the situation worsened in West Bengal because of the political rallies and campaigning. It is the people who are at fault,” he said.

In the past 30 to 40 days, West Bengal has witnessed a four-fold surge in COVID-19 cases. On Sunday the state saw 827 new cases of the infection, the highest so far this year, a bulletin released by the state health department said.

The maximum number of 292 cases was registered in the city and another 193 in adjacent North 24 Parganas district, it said. In October 2020 during the Durga Puja festival in the state, the daily COVID-19 infection rate had risen beyond 4000. It had dropped to 130 in February this year.

Incidentally, when the state was witnessing a surge in the COVID-19 cases last year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had blamed political rallies and the protests for it. The prevalence of the disease was then highest among the police who were deployed to maintain law and order and were among the frontline warriors against the disease.

All the medical experts stressed on enhancing testing facilities and expediting vaccination to control its spread. “We must increase the number of tests daily which is the only way to ascertain the number of people contaminated.

Besides, we need to raise the awareness level of the people to make them wear masks and maintain physical distancing,” Konar said. Mass scale vaccination will be the best way to tackle the COVID-19 surge, Syamasis Bandyopadhyay said.

“Since, we have the vaccines now we must quickly inoculate people. The more the people are vaccinated, the stronger will be our fight against COVID-19. Not only this, we also need to continuously message people to raise their awareness on wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing,” he said.

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