Omicron Variant Cases and Deaths in India Live, Covid-19 Booster Vaccine Registration Latest Update, Covid-19 Omicron Variant Feb 2 Highlights: India saw a significant jump in the daily Covid death rate as 1,733 fatalities were registered on Tuesday alone.
The health ministry bulletin on Wednesday stated that India reported 1,61,386 new COVID-19 cases and 2,81,109 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
The country recorded 3,95,11,307 total recoveries in the same time frame. The active cases in the country stand at 16,21,603.
India Covid-19 Status in last 24 hours:
New COVID cases: 1,61,386;
Death recorded: 1,733;
Recoveries registered: 2,81,109;
Active cases: 16,21,603;
Daily positivity rate: 9.26%
Earlier, Covid-19 vaccine manufactures BioNtech and Pfizer sought Emergency Use Authorization of their Covid vaccine for use in children between the age of 6 months and four years of age, reports said.
Once approved by the US based Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the two-shot regimen of these anti-Coronavirus vaccines will be the first vaccines for this age group in the US.
Reports stated that it was the FDA that approached the two companies for a vaccine for kids, meaning the process of approval of Covid-19 vaccine for children would be much quicker in this case.
FDA’s interim head Janet Woodcock was quoted by AFP as saying that the availability of a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine for kids under 4 years of age was a top priority at this juncture.
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The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 9,81,103 on Wednesday after detection of 7,359 new cases, while the death toll increased to 10,630 after six more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, a health department official said. The state had recorded 6,243 coronavirus cases and 6 deaths linked to the infection a day ago. The test positivity rate increased to 9.4 per cent from 8.6 per cent on Tuesday, he said. The rate indicates the percentage of people who test positive for the virus of those overall who have been tested. The recovery count stood at 9,16,522 after 9,696 people were discharged during the day, he said. The state is now left with an active tally of 53,951, the official said. (PTI)
Chhattisgarh on Wednesday reported 2,764 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 11,31,868, while 14 fresh deaths raised the toll to 13,883, an official said. The state had reported 3,241 COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths linked to the infection a day ago. The state's daily positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 6.15 per cent, he said. The number of recoveries reached 10,96,510 after 135 people were discharged from hospitals and 2,302 completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with an active tally of 21,475, he said. (PTI)
Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 291 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 2,73,243, a health official said. The death toll remained unchanged at 3,990, he said. Kangra reported the highest number of fresh cases at 66, followed by 48 in Shimla, 41 in Hamirpur, 40 in Mandi, 25 in Solan, 21 in Chamba, 17 in Kinnaur, 14 in Una, 11 in Kullu, six in Lahaul-Spiti and two in Sirmaur, the official said. The number of active COVID-19 cases increased to 9,422 from 9,672 on Tuesday, he said. (PTI)
Assam reports 1,028 new COVID-19 cases, 5,293 recoveries and 18 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases 15,178 (ANI)
Karnataka reports 20,505 new COVID19 cases, 40,903 recoveries and 81 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases 1,77,244 (ANI)
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 18,067 new coronavirus infections including 113 Omicron cases and 79 pandemic-related deaths, the state health department said. The COVID-19 caseload in the state rose to 77,53,548 and death toll to 1,42,784. The state had reported 14,372 cases and 94 fatalities on Tuesday. A total of 3,334 Omicron infections have been recorded in Maharashtra so far, of which 1,701 patients have recovered. The state has 1,73,221 active coronavirus cases now. (PTI)
West Bengal reports 2,723 new COVID19 cases, 2,950 recoveries and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases 21,880 (ANI)
Rajasthan on Wednesday reported 8,428 fresh coronavirus cases and 22 deaths due to the infection. According to an official report, Jaipur reported the highest number of fresh cases at 1,944, followed by 599 in Jodhpur, 509 in Ganganagar, 433 in Udaipur, 390 in Alwar, 380 in Ajmer and 328 in Rajsamand. Of the latest deaths, five were reported from Jaipur, three from Bharatpur, two each from Ganganagar, Rajsamand and Jhunjhunu, and one each from Alwar, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Dausa, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar and Udaipur, the report stated. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 8,934 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up from 8,338 the previous day, raising its tally to 11,77,931, while 34 more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said. The number of fresh deaths linked to the infection was slightly lower at 34 as compared to 38 fatalities recorded a day ago. With this, the total COVID-19 fatalities in the state rose to 10,545, said the department in a release. (PTI)
The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh COVID-19 cases in Telangana on Wednesday with 3,603 people recuperating from the infectious disease. The state reported 2,646 new cases, pushing the tally to 7,69,407, a health department bulletin said. The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,30,648. The death toll rose to 4,094 with three more fatalities. (PTI)
India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 167.80 crore with over 48 lakh vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late in the night, it said. Cumulatively, 54,26,95,642 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to individuals in the 18-44 age group and 41,02,25,658 second doses have been given in the same age group since the start of phase three of the vaccination drive. (PTI)
The Czech Republic's government has agreed to end mandatory coronavirus testing at schools and companies this month, the prime minister said Wednesday. The testing “undoubtedly” helped slow down the spread of infections and prevented the health system from being overwhelmed, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. “Given the development, we've decided to end the compulsory testing on Feb. 18,” Fiala said. All company employees have been tested twice a week while schoolchildren and all school employees have been tested once a week since Jan. 17. (AP)
Karnataka on Wednesday registered a jump in daily infections, as the state reported 20,505 new cases of COVID-19 and 81 fatalities, taking the tally to 38,44,338 and death toll to 39,137. The state on Tuesday had reported 14,366 fresh infections. There were 40,903 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 36,27,925, a health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 8,850 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 21,493 people being discharged and 13 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now at 1,77,244. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu recorded 14,013 fresh Coronavirus positive cases on Wednesday, registering a further decline in infections from 16,096 a day ago, and 37 deaths, taking the count to 33,75,329 and the toll to 37,636. The cumulative recoveries, including 24,576 COVID-19 positive patients getting discharged after treatment today, rose to 31,59,694. The total active cases further decreased to 1,77,999 from 1,88,599 on Tuesday, a bulletin from the state health department said. Since January 23, the new infections have been declining steadily after breaching the 30,000 mark on January 22. (PTI)
Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 2,304 fresh cases of coronavirus, raising its tally to 4,40,480, officials said. The union territory also reported nine fresh deaths which pushed the toll to 4,692, they said. Of the fresh cases, 996 were reported from the Jammu division and 1,308 from the Kashmir division, the officials said. They said Jammu district recorded the highest of 443 cases, followed by 439 cases in Srinagar district. (PTI)
Mumbai reported 1,128 new coronavirus infections and ten fatalities on Wednesday. The financial capital of the country recorded more than 1,000 cases after a gap of two days. The caseload in the metropolis rose to 10,48,521 while death toll reached 16,640, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. On Tuesday, the city had reported 803 new cases and seven fatalities. The positivity rate or infections found per 100 tests increased to 2.44 per cent from 1.55 per cent a day before. (PTI)
Truck drivers who have been blockading downtown Ottawa for six days on Wednesday said they had no intention of leaving the Canadian capital until the government scrapped COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Despite increasing complaints from residents about noise, pollution and aggressive behavior from some truckers, Ottawa police have declined to end the protest, citing the risk of aggravating tensions. The demonstration began as a move to force the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to drop a vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers. It has since turned into a more populist anti-Trudeau movement. “We understand your frustration … but the responsibility for your inconvenience lies squarely on the shoulders of politicians,” protest leader Chris Barber said in a statement to Ottawa residents. “We are here and we are not going anywhere until we achieve our objective, to see an end of all COVID-19 mandates and with that a restoration of freedoms of all Canadians,” he said. (Reuters)
Gujarat reports 8,934 new COVID19 cases, 15,177 recoveries and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases 69,187
Death toll 10,545 (ANI)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that “life goes on” despite a “difficult” COVID-19 situation in the country that has seen infection records for two weeks straight. The Kremlin continues to hold off from imposing nationwide restrictions even as the state coronavirus task force reported 141,883 news infections on Wednesday — a massive spike from the daily 15,000 cases recorded in early January. Putin appealed for “solidarity” and “mutual assistance” to help the country pull through the renewed surge. With only one six-week-long lockdown in 2020, Russia has avoided imposing nationwide COVID-19 restrictions on its citizens, leaving these decisions up to the local governments in its regions. (AP)
As many as 1,086 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while six died of the infection in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday, an official said. With this, the tally of infection has risen to 4,69,337 and toll has reached 8,824, he said. At least 2,388 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the count of recoveries to 4,48,371 and leaving the district to 12,142, the official said. (PTI)
Lithuania's government on Wednesday scrapped a COVID-19 certificate requirement for indoor public spaces, saying it no longer offered protection due to the prevalence of the easily transmitted Omicron variant. “It would be really good if we never have to return to this measure”, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told a government meeting that was broadcast. The decision takes effect on Saturday, when shops will have to limit visitor numbers instead. (Reuters)
Seventeen more Covid-related deaths were reported in Haryana on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 10,337, while 3,267 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 9,55,693, according to a Health Department bulletin. Gurgaon district reported 970 fresh cases while Faridabad, Hisar and Sonipat reported 307, 269 and 192 cases, respectively, it said. The fatalities include four from Gurgaon and two each from Hisar, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Mahendergarh and Fatehabad districts, according to the bulletin. (PTI)
COVID19 | Lt Governor Anil Baijal will chair a virtual meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), on February 4. CM Arvind Kejriwal will also be present at the DDMA meeting.
Former Credit Suisse Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has been ordered to pay a fine of 2,000 Swiss francs ($2,178) for breaching COVID-19 quarantine
regulations, Swiss newspaper Blick reported on Wednesday. The fine is a further blow for the top banker who abruptly left Switzerland's second-biggest bank last month after it emerged he had breached COVID-19 quarantine rules twice in 2021. The affair was an embarrassment for the former Lloyds
chief executive who had said every banker needed to be a risk manager. The penalty order was imposed by prosecutors in the Uznach district of canton St. Gallen, the paper said. (Reuters)
Kerala reports 52,199 new #covid19 cases, 41,715 recoveries & 29 deaths in last 24 hrs. 136 deaths which were not added due to lack of documents, & 335 deaths were added to covid death list as per new guidelines of central govt. Active cases 3,77,823.Death toll 56,100: State Govt (ANI)
Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 tally went up to 22,88,566 as 5,983 fresh cases were added on Wednesday. In the 24 hours ending 9 am today, the state also reported 11,280 recoveries and 11 deaths, the latest bulletin said. The number of active cases came down to 1,00,622 after a total of 21,73,313 recoveries and 14,631 deaths, the bulletin said. The State had reported 6,213 new infections on Tuesday, while the active cases were at 1,05,930. (PTI)
Late-night disco partying. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Mask-free baring of faces in public, especially in Europe and North America: Bit by bit, many countries that have been hard-hit by the coronavirus are opening up and easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures aimed to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant, deemed less severe, has caused cases to skyrocket. The early moves to relax such restrictions evoke a new turning point in a nearly two-year pandemic that has been full of them. Omicron, the Geneva-based World Health Organization says, has fueled more cases — 90 million — in the world over the last 10 weeks than during all of 2020, the outbreak's first full year. WHO acknowledges some countries can judiciously consider easing the rules if they boast high immunity rates, strong health care systems and favorable epidemiological curves. Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta variant, according to studies. Omicron spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains, and has already become dominant in many countries. It also more easily infects those who have been vaccinated or had previously been infected by prior versions of the virus. (AP)
Beijing reported three new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as officials said the virus situation was under control with the Olympic Games set to open later in the week. The three cases reported in the 24-hour period from Tuesday to Wednesday all involved people under some sort of quarantine. “The current pandemic situation in the capital is overall controllable and it's headed in a good direction,” said Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the city government, at a daily press briefing. “Beijing is safe.” (AP)
Tripura recorded 90 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, lower than the previous day's count, while the death toll rose to 910 with eight more fatalities, a health bulletin said. The state had registered 143 new infections and six deaths on Tuesday. Its coronavirus tally stood at 100,454. Tripura now has 2,809 active cases, and 96,667 patients have recovered from the disease so far, the bulletin said. (PTI)
Tokyo's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an Omicron-fuelled wave of infections in Japan is peaking out.Nationwide cases reached a record 91,760, while 18 prefectures recorded all-time highs, according to a tally by online news service JX Press.Tokyo reported 21,576 new cases, exceeding the previous record of 17,631 in Japan's capital on Friday.The closely watched usage rate of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients edged up to 51.4%. Officials previously said that a state of emergency would be needed if the rate reached 50%, but now say the decision will depend on the number of serious cases and other factors. Reuters
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 12,55,776 on Wednesday as 3,450 people tested positive for the infection, 364 more than the previous day, a health bulletin said. Nineteen more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the state's coronavirus death toll to 8,648, it said. The test positivity rate rose to 5.84 per cent as 59,040 samples were examined in the last 24 hours. The infections plunged by 53.5 per cent from 7,416 a week ago. The state had logged 3,086 cases and 17 deaths on Tuesday. Khurda district, under which Bhubaneswar falls, registered the highest number of new cases at 714. A total of 436 children are among the new patients in the state, the bulletin said. PTI
Bar on opening theatres in 'C' category areas was imposed based on consultations with experts to address public health concerns in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the state, the Left government has told the Kerala High Court. However, the government's contention has been opposed by the Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala — whose members run around 322 theatres in the state — which has referred to various international studies and claimed that movie halls are safer than malls and restaurants whose operations are unaffected. – PTI
The manager of India's Winter Olympics contingent, Mohammad Abbas Wani, has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at the Beijing Airport here. Abbas Wani is a part of the six-member Indian delegation at the Winter Olympics where Jammu and Kashmir skier Arif Khan is the only athlete from the country to have qualified this time. Arif will be competing in Slalom and Giant Slalom events during the Games. The contingent also includes Harjinder Singh as its chef de mission, Ludar Chand Thakur as alpine coach, Puran Chand as technician and Roop Chand Negi as team official. – PTI
Russia reported a record daily number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the Omicron variant of coronavirus spread across the country, authorities said.New daily cases jumped to 141,883, up from 125,836 a day earlier. The government coronavirus task force also reported 678 deaths in the last 24 hours. – Reuters
The world's first human challenge trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, one of the companies running the study said on Wednesday.The data supports the safety of this model which could theoretically provide a “plug and play” platform for testing therapies and vaccines using the original COVID-19 strain as well as variants of the virus, Open Orphan, which carried out the study, said in a statement. Reuters
Australia's COVID-19 hospitalisation rate fell to its lowest in nearly three weeks on Wednesday, while a steady rate of daily infections raised hopes the worst of an outbreak fuelled by the Omicron coronavirus variant may have passed. Hospital cases fell to about 4,600 on Wednesday, with all states seeing a dip in admission numbers, after a peak of nearly 5,400 a week ago. – Reuters
Rajesh Bhushan, the Union Health Secretary has written to states, urging them to speed up the vaccination among the teens. As per the govt data, 63 per cent young Indians between age of 15 and 17 have been administered first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The communication comes amid growing demands by parents and other civil society members to reopen schools.
In a scene at odds with Canadians' reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some urinated and parked on the National War Memorial. One danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A number carried signs and flags with swastikas. In the aftermath of Canada's biggest pandemic protest to date, the demonstrators have found little sympathy in a country where more than 80% are vaccinated. Many people were outraged by some of the crude behavior. AP
Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth, filmmaker and daughter of superstar Rajinikanth posted her pic on Instagram to make the official announcement regarding her Covid status. In her social media post, she urged fans to wear mask and get vaccinated.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases, five more than the previous day, pushing the tally to 9,826, a health department official said on Wednesday. – PTI
Omicron is already heavily mutated variant of coronavirus. Now, the WHO has warned that there are as many as four sub-variants of Omicron that may prolong the current wave of infections. WHO says that at present it is tracking four sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of concern, which also includes BA.2
Arunachal Pradesh reported more recoveries than new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as 583 people were cured in the last 24 hours, a Health Department official said. The state reported 246 new cases, taking the tally to 62,656, he said.
Zydus has started supplies of its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to Govt of India. The pharmaceutical company is also planning to make the vaccine available in the private market: Company statement (ANI)
1,733 deaths were recorded in India in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,97,975, as per Union Health Ministry
India reports 1,61,386 fresh COVID cases and 2,81,109 recoveries in the last 24 hours
Active cases: 16,21,603
Total recoveries: 3,95,11,307
Daily positivity rate: 9.26%
Total vaccination: 167.29 crore
Mizoram reports 2573 new COVID-19 cases and 3 death in the last 24 hours. Active cases 15,338 (ANI)
With the addition of 1,482 new cases of COVID-19, the tally of infections in Maharashtra's Nashik district reached 4,68,251 on Tuesday, an official said. At least 2,874 patients were discharged from hospitals, while six died of the infection during the day, raising the count of recoveries to 4,45,983 and toll to 8,813, he said. The district is currently left with 13,450 active cases, the official added. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court Tuesday termed as “absurd” a Delhi government order making it compulsory to wear a mask while driving alone in the context of COVID-19 and asked why the decision was still prevailing. “It is a Delhi government order, why don't you withdraw it. It is absurd actually. You are sitting in your own car and you must wear the mask?” the bench said. “Why is this order prevailing? Take instructions,” a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh told the Delhi government counsel. The observation by the bench came when the counsel representing the Delhi government shared an incident of a man being challaned for not wearing a mask while sitting in his car along with his mother and sipping coffee with windows up. (PTI)
Nagaland on Tuesday reported its first Omicron variant of COVID-19 case, a senior health department official said. Principal Director, Health and Family Welfare, Dr Neikrielie Khimiao said a total of 152 samples were sent from Nagaland to the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal for whole genome sequencing test. The reports were received on January 31, of which 73 cases were reported positive with 54 Omicron variants and 19 Delta variants. Nagaland Health minister S Pangnyu Phom in a tweet confirmed the detection of 54 cases of Omicron in the state. (PTI)
