Coronavirus LIVE News Updates: The variant has been found in genome sequenced samples from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Jalgaon districts, Palakkad and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, and Bhopal and Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh, the ministry said
LIVE News Updates: Based on the recent findings of INSACOG,a consortium of labs, the Union health ministry has alerted and advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant of being found in some districts in these states, the ministry said.
Alarmed by the detection of several variants of in Jharkhand with 328 confirmed cases surfacing so far, the state government has directed the authorities to despatch samples within 48 hours of a patients death for conducting a genetic study to understand the mortality rate and evolve a strategy to contain the spread, a top official said Tuesday.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla also stated that Pfizer will be able to produce 3 billion vaccines by the end of 2021, and 4 billion vaccines in 2022
The mortality rate from the dangerous fungal infection stands at 8% in the hospital. Dean Dr Sanjay Dixit said this rate in hospitals in other parts of the country was in the 40-50% range
In India, 16 of the 22 cases have been found in Ratnagiri and Jalgaon in Maharashtra. "The rest of them are in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh," said health secretary Rajesh Bhushan
India had achieved a historic milestone of 88.09 lakh vaccine doses administered in a single day on 21 June, said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan during a routine press briefing on Tuesday
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is 77.8 percent effective in protecting against COVID, according to data from Phase III trials conducted on 25,800 participants across India, says report.
Bombay High Court directs the Maharashtra government and Mumbai’s civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to form a policy on an “SOS basis” to avoid incidents of frauds or fake vaccination drives, reports PTI.
Nationwide, 16,64,360 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of in the country to 39,40,72,142, while the daily positivity rate has declined to 2.56 percent.
It has been less than 5 percent for 15 consecutive days, the ministry said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a "white paper" by the party on the Centre's Covid management and urged the government to prepare for the third wave of . Releasing the "white paper", the former Congress chief said it is clear that the management of the first and second wave of was "disastrous".
"There were certain reasons as to why it was disastrous, we've tried to point out those reasons in our white paper. This is a blueprint about how to react to the third wave which is going to come," he said. "It is our intention to provide the government with information and insights into what went wrong," Gandhi said.
The aim of this white paper is not finger-pointing at the government but to help the nation prepare for the third wave of infection, he said. Asserting that the central pillar to fight Covid is vaccination, Gandhi said it is important that "we cross bridge of 100 per cent vaccination as soon as possible".
India on Tuesday morning reported its lowest single-day tally of new cases in 91 days. The total caseload rose by 42,640 on Tuesday to 2,99,77,861.
Maharashtra on Monday reported 6,270 new cases, a four-month low daily count, taking its tally to 59,79,051, while 94 deaths pushed the toll to 1,18,313, the state health department said.
The infection count was the lowest since February 23 when 6218 cases were reported. Maharashtra had recorded 6,971 cases on 21 February.
As many as 13,758 patients were discharged during the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 57,33,215, a statement from the health department said.
There are now 1,24,398 active cases in the state, where the recovery rate is 95.89 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.98 per cent, the statement said.
The health department said 1,54,835 people were tested for in the last 24 hours, it said, adding so far, 3,96,69,693 tests have been conducted in the state.
According to the statement, Mumbai city reported 518 new cases and seven deaths, taking its infection tally to 7,20,531 and the toll to 15,305.
In the Mumbai division, comprising the city and its satellite towns, there were 1,473 cases and 15 deaths. This took the cumulative caseload in the region to 15,77,339 and deaths to 31,304, it said.
In the Mumbai division, Bhiwandi Nizampur city (Thane district) reported just one case and no death for the second day in a row, the statement said.
Thane city, Kalyan-Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayander, Vasai Virar city, Panvel city and Palghar district also did not report a single death, it added.
The Nashik division reported 488 cases and four deaths. Ahmednagar city, Dhule city and Jalgaon city did not report a single new death due to the viral infection, the health department said. Nandurbar, Nashik and Dhule districts, too, did not report any fresh death.
The Pune division recorded 1,285 cases. Within the division, Pimpri-Chinchwad did not register any fresh death, the statement said. The Kolhapur division reported 2,362 cases, while the Aurangabad division registered 171 new infections, but no death, it said.
The Latur division reported 273 cases. Latur and Nanded districts did not see a single fatality due to , the statement said.
The Akola division reported 144 cases and two deaths. Akola district, Amravati city, Yavatmal district and Buldhana district did not report any fresh death, it said.
The Nagpur division reported 74 cases and one death (in rural Nagpur), the statement said. No -related deaths were reported in Nagpur city, Chandrapur city and districts of Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli, it said.
Maharashtra's are as follows: Positive cases 59,79 ,051; new cases 6,270; ddeaths 1,18,313; recoveries 57,33,215; active cases 1,24,398; total tests so far 3,96,69,693.
