Covid-19 India Live News, New Omicron Variant Cases in India, Coronavirus Vaccine Statistics and Registration Latest Updates, February 6 Live Updates: India on Sunday added 1,07,474 new coronavirus cases, as per health ministry’s updates. These new cases have taken the total COVID-19 infection tally in India to 4,21,88,138 cases. India recorded 865 deaths on Saturday, taking the death toll to 5,01,979 as per the data updated at 8 am.
The Union Health Ministry data showed that the active cases have declined to 12,25,011.
India Covid-19 Status in last 24 hours:
New COVID cases: 1,07,474;
Death recorded: 865;
Recoveries registered: 1,06,637;
Active cases: 12,25,011;
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India’s Omicron-led third wave is seeing a slight improvement in certain pockets, the Narendra Modi government recently said. In terms of daily Covid cases, yes, the situation may have marginally improved. Till 10 days back, states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra were witnessing massive coronavirus surge. But that trend has improved drastically now, official data shows. However, Mizoram and Kerala are still in the red zone.
But the biggest aspect of the Omicron third wave in India is the silence surge in daily Covid deaths in the country. On Friday, India marked a grim record of over 5 lakh coronavirus deaths in the world. The US and Brazil are only two other countries that have seen such a staggering numbers of fatalities.
Experts say that the official death tool is just a tip of the iceberg and there are many million who died, who are not accounted for in the national records. Since January 20 last month, daily deaths have seen a marked uptick. It should also be added that the factor of backlog deaths also need to be taken into consideration. Kerala has added over 300 pervious deaths leading in the fatality inflation. But apart from that, the overall death count is definitely on the higher side with last 10 days seeing around 1000 deaths on daily basis.
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Odisha recorded 23 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, while the infections were the lowest in a month as 2,106 people tested positive, the Health Department said.
The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.48 per cent as 60,483 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, a bulletin stated.
Of the 23 COVID-19 deaths, Khurda district reported nine.
The state had logged 2,603 COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths on Friday.
Khurda district of which the state capital Bhubaneswar is a part, reported the highest number of cases with 429 infections, while 324 children were among those newly infected in the state.
The toll mounted to 8,734 and these are confirmed as deaths to the disease after an audit. Fifty-three other COVID-19 patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to data.
Odisha currently has 23,672 active COVID-19 cases, including 5,245 in Khurda, which is in the red zone. Sundargarh and Cuttack are among the four districts that are in the yellow zone with over 1,000 cases.
As many as 5,376 patients have recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 tally rose to 12,66,811, including 12,34,352 recoveries, it said. (PTI)
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Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,31,252 on Sunday as 449 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 5,310, a health bulletin said.
East Singhbhum district, under which industrial city Jamshedpur falls, registered the highest number of new cases at 187, followed by 90 in state capital Ranchi. The fresh fatalities were recorded in Seraikela-Kharsawan and Hazaribag districts.
The state now has 2,787 active cases, while 4,23,155 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 715 in the last 24 hours.
The administration has tested 56,625 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, it added. (PTI)
Arunachal Pradesh recorded 106 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 63,421, a senior health official said on Sunday.
Of the fresh cases, 36 were reported from the Capital Complex Region, 16 from Lohit, 11 from Namsai, 9 from Lower Subansiri and 7 from Longding, the official said.
The frontier state currently has 1,800 active COVID-19 cases.
As many as 61,330 people have recuperated from the disease so far, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 96.70 per cent from 96.40 per cent the previous day, he said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state remained at 291, as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, the official said.
Arunachal Pradesh had recorded 196 new COVID-19 and 407 recoveries on Saturday. (PTI)
Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 case tally climbed to 20,41,734 on Saturday with 3,555 fresh infections being detected in the state, while the death toll mounted to 23,303 as 17 more people succumbed to the disease.
Two deaths were reported from Jaunpur, and one each from Lucknow, Jhansi, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Prayagraj, Meerut, Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Hardoi, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Ballia, Chandauli, Auraiya and Shrawasti, the state government said in a statement here.
As many as 7,401 more coronavirus patients recuperated from the disease in a span of 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,85,926, it said.
There are 32,514 active cases of the disease in the state, the statement said.
So far, over 10 crore samples have been tested for the coronavirus in the state, including more than 1.92 lakh on Friday, it said. (PTI)
The Haryana government further eased some COVID-19 restrictions in the state on Saturday, allowing all offices including the private ones to function at full capacity while entertainment parks and B2B exhibitions are now allowed to open at 50 per cent capacity.
“All offices are allowed to function with their full capacity while adopting regular sanitisation and COVID-19 appropriate behavioural norms,” according to an order issued by the Haryana State Disaster Management Authority (HSDMA).
Earlier, only 50 per cent of the staff was allowed to physically attend offices.
All entertainment parks and B2B exhibitions are allowed to open with 50 per cent capacity while following social distancing, ensuring regular sanitisation and Covid-appropriate behaviour, the order said.
“Gatherings of more than 100 persons are allowed with prior permission of the deputy commissioner concerned,” it added.
The government had earlier banned large gatherings, including rallies and protest demonstrations.
These guidelines shall be in force till February 15.
On January 28, the Haryana government had allowed the opening of cinema halls, theatres and multiplexes with 50 per cent seating capacity.
Various restrictions were imposed by the HSDMA in view of a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
However, relaxations were announced as the number of cases started to register a decline over a week ago.
The state government had banned people eligible for vaccination but not fully vaccinated from entering shopping malls, cinema halls, restaurants and grain markets, among other crowded places, starting January 1. (PTI)
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Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported 1,764 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 11,38,199, while 14 deaths in the past 24 hours increased the toll to 13,928, an official said. The state's positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 5.24 per cent as on Saturday, he said. The number of recoveries reached 11,07,389 after 157 people were discharged from hospitals and 3,397 completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with an active tally of 16,882, he said. (PTI)
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 169 crore on Saturday, the Union health ministry said. More than 40 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Saturday, it said, adding that the daily vaccination tally is expected to go up with the compilation of the final reports by late night. More than 1.46 crore (1,46,98,311) precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers (HCWs), frontline workers (FLWs) and those aged 60 years and above, the ministry said. (PTI)
Assam reports 446 new #covid19 cases, 1,791 recoveries, and 16 fatalities in the last 24 hours (ANI)
Tamil Nadu reports 7,519 new #covid19 cases, 23,938 recoveries, and 37 deaths, in the last 24 hours. (ANI)
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Gujarat reports 4,710 new #covid19 cases, 11,184 recoveries, and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours. (ANI)
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Sikkim registered 82 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, 28 less than the previous day's count, taking the tally to 38,607, a health department bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 434 as one more person succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, East Sikkim district registered 43, followed by 20 in South Sikkim and 19 in West Sikkim. The Himalayan state now has 645 active cases, while 36,810 people have recovered from the disease. Altogether 718 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states. Sikkim's positivity rate is 8.5 per cent, while the recovery rate is 97.2 per cent. The state has conducted 3,14,782 sample tests for COVID-19 thus far, including 963 in the last 24 hours. (PTI)
Meghalaya on Saturday recorded 123 new COVID-19 cases, 88 cases less than the previous day, which pushed the tally to 92,144, a senior official said. Four more fatalities raised the toll to 1,542, Health Services director Dr Aman War said. Of the 123 new cases detected, 54 were reported from East Khasi Hills, 27 from West Garo Hills, and 13 cases from Ri Bhoi. Meghalaya currently has 1,645 active cases, War stated. (PTI)
Karnataka reports 12,009 new #covid19 cases, 25,854 recoveries and 50 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases 1,09,203 (ANI)
With schools gearing up to reopen for classes 9 to 12 from Monday, authorities have inoculated 82 per cent adolescents in Delhi with the first dose since the exercise to vaccinate them against coronavirus commenced from January 3. According to official data, 8.33 lakh adolescents have received the first dose and 0.39 lakh have been jabbed with the second dose. Delhi has around 10.14 lakh beneficiaries in the 15-18 age group. According to officials, 95 per cent of government school students have been vaccinated, while 73 per cent students of aided school students have received at least one dose. Sixty-two per cent private school students have been inoculated with at least one dose. The maximum number of adolescents have been inoculated with the first dose in southwest district at 1,12,521 followed by northwest at 10,87,99 and west at 84,958. (PTI)
Kerala continued to witness a dip in the daily COVID-19 infection rate for the third consecutive day, with the state reporting 33,538 new positive cases on Saturday taking the caseload to 62,44,654. The health department said 46,813 persons recuperated from the disease today, taking the number of recoveries to 58,33,762. “Currently, there are 3,52,399 active COVID-19 cases in the state of which only three per cent of the patients are admitted to hospitals,” it said. Kerala had recorded 38,684 fresh infections yesterday and 42,677 COVID-19 cases on Thursday. (PTI)
COVID19 | Delhi reports 1,604 new cases, 17 fatalities and 3,324 recoveries in the last 24 hours; Active cases stand at 9,979 (ANI)
Tripura logged 52 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, 10 less than the previous day's figure, taking the tally to 1,00,637, a health department official said here. One more coronavirus patient succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 913. Altogether 594 patients recovered from Covid-19 on Saturday. The total number of people who have been cured of the disease till now is 98,472. The North-eastern state currently has 1,184 active cases and 68 patients have migrated out. (PTI)
#covid19 | Himachal Pradesh reports 44 new cases 1,434 recoveries, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours; Active cases stand at 6,146 (ANI)
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said though the active coronavirus cases in Pune have come down by nearly 50 per cent, the administration will adopt a wait and watch policy. Pawar, who is also the guardian minister of Pune, was speaking to reporters after reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the district. “As far as COVID-19 cases are concerned worldwide, there has been a decline in new infections, but there is a marginal increase in daily casualties. It has been observed at the district, state, national and global levels,” the minister said. Active cases have come down by 30 per cent in the country, while in state, they have declined by 42 per cent, he said. PTI
Japan hit a record single-day number of COVID-19 cases on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK said, as the Omicron variant continued to spread.The country's daily virus cases exceeded 100,000 cases, marking a fresh high, NHK reported.Most regions in Japan are now under infection control measures to try to blunt the spread of Omicron that has exploded among a population where less than 5% have received vaccine booster shots. – Reuters
Singapore has detected a record 13,208 COVID-19 infections and six new deaths, taking the total number of cases to 379,681 with 866 fatalities recorded in the country, the health ministry has said. The number of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections tripled to 13,046 on Friday from 4,087 cases reported on Thursday. The cases reported on Friday included 162 people arriving here through the vaccinated travel lanes. – PTI
A total of 45 new positive tests for COVID-19 have been announced by organizers of the Beijing Olympics. Athletes and officials account for 25 of the cases, with 20 detected in people arriving at the airport in Beijing and five more in daily PCR tests taken by everyone at the games. The 20 other cases involved people working at the games, including media, with six at the airport and 14 inside the Olympic bubbles. – PTI
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 12,64,705 on Saturday as 2,603 more people tested positive for the infection, while 22 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 8,711, a health bulletin said. It is the lowest single-day spike since January 6. The daily cases plunged by 46 per cent from 4,842 a week ago. The state had registered 2,697 cases and 23 fatalities on Friday. The daily positivity rate slightly dipped to 4.13 per cent from 4.44 per cent on the previous day as 63,045 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Khurda district reported the highest number of 444 cases, while 349 children were among the 2,603 new patients in the state. – PTI
A Supreme Court bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna has made a remark that may change the Covid compensation rules. During a hearing on Friday, the Bench said that the official stats on Covid deaths across India are 'not true'. The Bench also said that claims made my Covid victim families can't be outrightly rejected. The states have been advised not to turn down relief plea on technical grounds. may reports and health experts have said that the real numbers of people who died in first and second wave of coronavirus pandemic is much, much higher than what the officials say.
Ladakh's COVID-19 caseload increased to 26,710 on Saturday as 150 more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said. The death toll remained unchanged at 226. While Leh reported 86 fresh cases, Kargil reported 64, the officials said. Of the total 226 deaths, 167 were reported from Leh and 59 from Kargil. – PTI
Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the US death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The milestone comes more than 13 months into a vaccination drive that has been beset by misinformation and political and legal strife, though the shots have proved safe and highly effective at preventing serious illness and death. – AP
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that there will be no restriction on numbers of guests attending a wedding. The Cm took the decision as he claimed that the Covid situation in Madhya Pradesh has improved. He has issued the statement via his official Twitter handle. The move coincide with Basant Panchami, which is considered as an auspicious muhurat for weddings by the Hindu community.
The Union Health Ministry has released the daily Covid tally. In terms of new infections, the numbers have seen a decline to 1,27,952 today. However, the death toll continues to be above 1,000 today too.
