Omicron Coronavirus Live News, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb 24 Latest Updates: India on Thursday recorded 14,148 new Covid-19 cases and 302 deaths in last 24 hours, as per the official data updated by the Union Ministry of Health. The daily infections have remained below one lakh for 18 consecutive days now. The Ministry informed that the active cases comprised 0.35 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has further improved to 98.46 per cent.
WHO epidemiologist Dr Maria Van Kerkhove has said that the decline in the number of Covid cases may not be real as the amount of testing has reduced significantly across countries. The world has seen a reduction of almost 20 per cent in new Covid cases as compared to last week, Kerkhove noted. She suggested that for countries to abandon their testing practices is not a smart move.
Kerkhove was speaking at a live question and answer session where she noted that. She further added that tracking and monitoring the virus is really important as it will continue to change and new variants will definitely emerge.
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Coronavirus India Live News: Covid-19 Omicron Cases in India Live Count, Coronavirus Restrictions Live Updates
Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 64,372 on Thursday as 31 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said. Twenty-four new cases were registered in Namsai, four in Lower Subansiri, and one each in Kamle and Lohit and the Capital Complex region. The death toll remained unchanged at 296 as no fresh fatality was recorded, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. (PTI)
➡️ India’s Cumulative #covid19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 176.52 Cr (1,76,52,31,385).
➡️ More than 30.49 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours.
➡️ More than 1.95 Cr Precaution Doses administered so far.https://t.co/NETvX4QDmi pic.twitter.com/0lV3PCvCFR
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) February 24, 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was rushed out of a school event in Christchurch on Thursday after protesters opposed to COVID restrictive measures thronged the venue and chased her car, while daily infection numbers hit record levels. New Zealand reported over 6,000 new cases of COVID-19, with 250 hospitalisations, and the government expects the outbreak to peak in mid-March. (Reuters)
Extending the interval between the first two doses of the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the country to eight weeks for young men can reduce the rare risk of heart inflammation, U.S. health officials said. The side effect, which has been linked to both Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines, is higher in 12- to 39-year-old men, and therefore the eight-week interval could be optimal for some people aged 12 years and older, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
High number of Omicron cases in Singapore indicates that the coronavirus wave due to the variant is likely to peak soon in the country, an infectious disease experts here has said. The daily cases of Omicron in the city-state have gone beyond 20,000 expected earlier to 20,312 new infections on Wednesday and 26,032 on Tuesday. “I suspect the peak will be soon (if it wasn't yesterday!),” said Associate Professor Alex Cook, an expert in healthcare modelling at the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, on Wednesday. He expects the wave to peak within a fortnight, The Straits Times reported. (PTI)
India logged 14,148 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,28,81,179, while the active cases dipped to 1,48,359, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,12,924 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 10,015 on Thursday as three more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 129 as no fresh fatality was recorded, it said. The Union territory now has 24 active cases, while 9,862 people have recovered from the disease so far, including eight in the last 24 hours. The administration has thus far tested over 6.97 lakh samples for COVID-19, and fully vaccinated more than 3.02 lakh people. (PTI)
Hong Kong rolls out a vaccine passport on Thursday that requires people aged 12 and above to have at least one COVID-19 vaccination and also tightened restrictions in a city that already has some of the most stringent rules in the world. Residents will have to show their vaccine record to access venues including supermarkets, malls and restaurants. They will also have to wear masks for all outdoor exercise and will not be allowed to remove masks to eat or drink on public transport. (Reuters)
Mexico on Wednesday reported 449 new confirmed deaths from COVID-19, bringing the official death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began to 316,941, according to health ministry data. (Reuters)
Thailand reported on Thursday a record daily increase of 23,557 new coronavirus infections, as the country deals with an outbreak driven by the Omicron variant. The Southeast Asian country also reported 38 new deaths, according to the country's COVID-19 centre. The daily death toll from the virus, however, was well below the 184 fatalities reported on Aug 13 last year, when Thailand recorded its previous daily record of 23,418 infections. (Reuters)
