Omicron Coronavirus India Live News, Coronavirus Vaccination Statistics and Registration Latest Updates, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb 9 Latest Updates: Classes in the Delhi University will begin on February 17 for all undergraduate and post-graduate classes, DU Proctor Rajni Abbi said on Wednesday. This is after students continued their protests demanding resumption of offline classes at Delhi University, which have been replaced by online classes ever since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. — Read More
Earlier, India reported 71,365 new Coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the official data provided by the Union Health Ministry. The country logged 1,72,211 recoveries and 1,217 deaths in the last 24 hours. India’s active caseload declined to 8,92,828, as per the official data. According to the Health Ministry, the active cases constitute 2.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national Coronavirus recovery rate has improved to 96.70 per cent. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.54 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 7.57 per cent.
The country on Tuesday saw a significant decline in the number of daily Coronavirus cases. According to the official data, the country’s active case tally fell below 10 lakh on Tuesday. The dip in daily Covid cases has led to a relaxation of curbs in many sates. Kerala, for example, announced to ease Covid restrictions on Tuesday. The state govt reportedly asked schools and colleges to prepare to function at full capacity from February end. Even Mumbai which has seen a record number of Covid-19 cases in the past, will open by the end of this month. “Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of this month. We have made up our minds,’ Mumbai’s Mayor Kishori Pednekar were quoted as saying by ANI. The Haryana state govt also announced to reopen schools from February 10 for Classes 1 to 9. The Lakshadweep administration also decided to ease some restrictions imposed in the islands. A PTI report suggested that the administration announced that there was no need to carry a Covid test result for inter-island travel for those who had taken both vaccine doses 14 days prior to movement.
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In some more good news, the third wave triggered by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to have come to an end in Telangana, a senior health official was quoted as saying by PTI. Even Puducherry saw a drop in number of daily Covid cases with 186 new infections reported on Tuesday. However, the danger is not completely gone yet. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced that currently, Omicron variant is the dominant variant in the country. Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that Centre has taken various measures to contain the virus. This includes strict monitoring of international air travellers and contact tracing of patients. He also noted that the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the country is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21.
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Coronavirus India Live News: Covid-19 Omicron Cases in India Live Count, Coronavirus Lockdown, Night Curfew Guidelines and Restrictions Live Updates
Karnataka reports 5,339 fresh coronavirus cases and 48 fatalites; infection tally rises to 39,12,100 and death toll to 39,495: Health bulletin (PTI)
Tripura's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,715 on Wednesday after 18 more people, 16 less than the previous day's count, tested positive for the infection, an official said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 916, with no report of any fresh fatality.
The state had reported 34 new coronavirus cases and one death on Tuesday.
The positivity rate in the state has come down to 0.64 per cent on Wednesday from 0.96 per cent a day before.
Tripura now has 535 active cases, while 99,196 people have recovered from the disease so far, state surveillance officer Dr Deep Debbarma said.
Altogether 68 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states.
Tripura has administered a total of 50,29,287 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far. (PTI)
Delhi on Wednesday reported 1,317 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.11 per cent, while 13 more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department.
With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,47,515 and the death toll climbed to 26,023, the latest bulletin stated.
As many as 62,556 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the city the previous day, it said.
Delhi had on Tuesday reported 1,114 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.28 per cent and 12 deaths. | READ MORE
The decline in COVID-19 cases continued in Telangana on Wednesday with 865 new infections being reported taking the tally to 7,80,836, a health department bulletin said.
The state had recorded 1,061 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
The trend of recoveries outnumbering fresh infections also continued with 2,484 people recuperating from the infectious disease today.
The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,56,883, the bulletin said.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reported the highest number of cases with 263, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri and Ranga Reddy districts with 67 and 60 respectively.
The death toll increased to 4,103 with one more fatality. The number of active cases was 19,850, the bulletin said.
The case fatality and recovery rates were at 0.53 per cent and 96.93 per cent, respectively. (PTI)
Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala which saw a slight increase a day ago, again decreased with the state on Wednesday recording 23,253 fresh infections which raised the total caseload to 63,46,631.
The southern state had reported 29,471 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. | READ MORE
Amid continued protests by student outfits demanding resumption of offline classes at Delhi University, a senior varsity official on Wednesday said classes in the physical mode will commence from February 17.
The student outfits, cutting across party lines, have been demanding that the Delhi University (DU) begin offline classes without any further delay. | READ MORE
Over one crore adolescents in the 15-18 years age group nationwide are now fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday.
Over 5.04 crore beneficiaries in this age group have been administered the first dose of vaccine. | READ MORE
The overall sero-prevalence in Tamil Nadu among the people over and above the age of 18 has increased to 87 per cent in December 2021, the Health Department said on Wednesday. The sero-positivity rate in Chennai stood at 88 per cent, the study conducted in December 2021 across the State revealed. According to the data shared by the Health Department, the sero-prevalence which was at 32 per cent in November 2020 (first sero survey) dropped to 29 per cent in April 2021 (second sero survey) and again surged to 70 per cent in August 2021 (third sero survey). (PTI)
The Union Territory of Puducherry logged 198 fresh cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours and took the tally to 1,64,760 till date, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Wednesday. The Director of Health G.Sriramulu said the 198 cases identified at the end of examination of 2,322 samples were spread across Puducherry (135), Karaikal (33), Yanam (24) and Mahe (6). (PTI)
The World Health Organisation says coronavirus case counts fell 17 per cent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week, including a 50 per cent drop in the United States, while deaths globally declined 7 per cent. The weekly epidemiological report from the UN health agency, released late Tuesday, shows that the omicron variant is increasingly dominant – making up nearly 97 per cent of all cases tallied by the international virus-tracking platform known as GISAID. Just over 3 per cent were of the delta variant. “The prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries,” WHO said. (AP)
Researchers in Canada have developed a computer model that simulates many variables affecting the transmission of COVID-19 to suggest the best ways to slow the spread of variants. The model created by researchers at the University of Waterloo takes raw data already in use to forecast case numbers and hospitalisations, and then adds other factors, such as vaccination rates, mask use and lockdowns, and the number of breakthrough infections. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, is based on Canadian province Ontario's recent experience with COVID-19 and data from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. (PTI)
Over one crore youngsters between 15-18 age group are now fully vaccinated against #covid19: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (PTI)
Meghalaya on Wednesday reported 125 fresh COVID-19 cases, 23 less than the previous day, which pushed the tally to 92,646, a senior health department official said. The coronavirus death toll also rose to 1,554 with two more fatalities, he said. The northeastern state now has 1,098 active cases, while 89,994 patients have so far recovered from the disease. (PTI)
Jharkhand continued to register a decline in fresh COVID-19 cases as 264 people tested positive for the infection on Wednesday, 16 less than the previous day, taking the state's caseload to 4,32,169, a health bulletin said. The death toll rose to 5,314 as one more patient succumbed to the infection in Dhanbad, it said. The state had recorded 280 cases and two deaths on Tuesday. (PTI)
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Sweden has halted wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of an infection, putting an end to the mobile city-square tent sites, drive-in swab centres and home-delivered tests that became ubiquitous during the pandemic and provided essential data for tracking its spread. The move puts the Scandinavian nation at odds with most of Europe, but some experts say it could become the norm as costly testing yields fewer benefits with the easily transmissible but milder omicron variant and as governments begin to consider treating COVID-19 like they do other endemic illnesses. (AP)
Slovakia reported 20,582 new COVID-19 infections for Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, the highest daily tally since the pandemic started as the country is hit like others in central Europe by the spread of the Omicron variant. (Reuters)
AXISCADES Technologies on Wednesday said it has launched a temperature screening solution to help entry of people into offices, factories, schools and restaurants amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The solution –- WeCareEST– comprises a self-serving temperature measuring device, an app for device management and monitoring, and a web app to access digital logs. This system can be used to screen people for entry into offices, factories, schools, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other public and private spaces based on temperature. (PTI)
Himachal Pradesh | Night curfew imposed due to #covid19 has now been lifted. Further, all social/ religious/ cultural/ political & other congregations including weddings & funerals are permitted to 50% of the capacity, both in indoor & outdoor areas: State Cabinet (ANI)
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to lift the night curfew amid a decline in Covid cases in the state, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state decreased to 4,812 on February 8 from 9,672 on February 1, government data showed. The decision to lift the night curfew was taken during the cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here on Wednesday, he added. The state government imposed the night curfew on January 5 from 10 pm to 5 am and revised it on January 31 from 10 pm to 6 am to check the spread of COVID-19. However, there will be some restrictions on gatherings, the official said. (PTI)
Hong Kong's daily COVID-19 infections nearly doubled to a record 1,161 cases on Wednesday, authorities said, as the global financial hub battles a rapid surge that is shaping as the biggest test yet of its 'dynamic zero' policy. The city has reported close to 4,000 infections over the past two weeks, up from just two in December, taking its tally to more than 17,000 since the outbreak began in 2020, with 215 deaths, although the figures are lower than other major cities in the world. (Reuters)
Poland may lift its COVID-19 restrictions in March if daily infection numbers keep falling at the current rate, the health minister said in an interview published on Wednesday. A wave of Omicron cases pushed infections to a record high in late January, but numbers have since declined. “If the tempo at which infections are falling remains the same, there is a realistic prospect of lifting restrictions in March,” Adam Niedzielski told the Fakt tabloid. (Reuters)
Russia reported 183,103 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record daily high, as the Omicron variant continued to spread. Russia also confirmed 669 deaths in the past 24 hours, the government coronavirus task force said. (Reuters)
Odisha's COVID-19 death toll rose to 8,797 on Wednesday as 22 more fatalities were reported, while 1,712 new infections pushed the caseload to 12,71,523, a health department bulletin said. The state had reported 1,503 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths on Tuesday. Of the 22 new COVID-19 fatalities, 14 were from Khurda district, it said. (PTI)
Mizoram on Wednesday reported a dip in new COVID-19 cases, as 1,806 people tested positive for the infection, 418 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 1,89,915, a health department official said. Three more persons succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 626, the official said. The state had reported 2,224 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, he said. The single-day positivity rate dipped to 23.70 per cent from 27.37 per cent the previous day, he said. At least 367 children were among the newly infected people, the official said. (PTI)
Active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh declined to 773 with 179 coronavirus patients being cured, while 70 fresh cases were recorded, taking the overall caseload to 27,062, officials said on Wednesday. The union territory has recorded 226 Covid-related deaths so far with 167 in Leh and 59 in Kargil, they said. There was no death reported from the Union Territory on Tuesday, they said. (PTI)
Combining the antiviral remdesivir or molnupiravir with the experimental drug brequinar blocks the reproduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, in lung cells and in mice, according to a study. The research, published recently in the journal Nature, suggests that these drugs are more potent when used in combination than individually. Though they have not yet been tested in clinical trials, the combinations of drugs identified in the study have the potential to become very promising COVID-19 treatments, the researchers said. (PTI)
Canadian lawmakers have expressed increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the US and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, prevented traffic from entering Canada while some US-bound traffic was still moving, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said on Tuesday, calling the bridge “one of the most important border crossings in the world”. It carries 25% of all trade between Canada and the United States. (AP)
Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heat. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a steep rise in the number of reported coronavirus cases. At Kabul's only COVID-19 treatment hospital, staff can only heat the building at night because of lack of fuel, even as winter temperatures drop below freezing during the day. Patients are bundled under heavy blankets. Its director, Dr Mohammed Gul Liwal, said they need everything from oxygen to medicine supplies. – AP
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited and Canadian pharmaceutical company SaNOtize Research & Development Corp. has launched FabiSpray in India for the treatment of adult patients with COVID-19 who have high risk of progression of the disease. FabiSpray is a Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray designed to kill the COVID-19 virus in the upper airways. It has proven anti-microbial properties with a direct virucidal effect on SARS-CoV-2. Read Full Story Here
A global initiative to get COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to poorer nations has only received 5% of the donations sought to deliver on its aims this year, according to the World Health Organization and other aid groups. – Reuters
New Zealand's three-match Twenty20 international cricket series next month against world champion Australia has been canceled because of COVID-19 border regulations. Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup last November and the rivals were expected to play in Napier from March 17-20, in anticipation of a planned relaxation of border protocols. But the arrival of the omicron variant in New Zealand has put back the re-opening of the international border and the series cannot take place because the Australian men's team does not have places reserved in managed isolation. AP
Thane has added 209 new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 7,06,179, an official said on Wednesday. These new cases were reported on Tuesday, he said. Five more people also succumbed to the viral infection, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,830, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent. (PTI)
India reports 71,365 new coronavirus cases, and 1,217 deaths in the last 24 hours, says official health bulletin
The Air Force became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, granting requests from nine airmen to avoid the shots, officials said Tuesday. The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops, and they come as other service members are challenging the lack of religious exemptions in court cases. The Marine Corps is the only other military service to grant any religious accommodations, allowing three so far. The Army and Navy have not approved any. The services have come under criticism for their failure to grant religious exemptions, with members of Congress, the military and the public questioning if the review processes have been fair. All together, the services have received more than 14,000 requests for religious exemptions.- AP
Coronavirus India Live News: Covid-19 Omicron Cases in India Live Count, Coronavirus Lockdown, Night Curfew Guidelines and Restrictions Live Updates
