Omicron Coronavirus Live News, Coronavirus Statistics and Vaccine Registration Latest Updates, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb Live Updates: India reported 13,166 fresh Covid-19 cases, 26,988 recoveries, and 302 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the official data shared by the Union Ministry of Health on Friday. The daily infections have remained less than one lakh for 19 consecutive days. The Ministry has informed that the active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has further improved to 98.49 per cent.
The national capital might soon see new relaxation in Covid-19 induced curbs. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) will be conducting a meeting today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and discuss the lifting of remaining Covid-19 restrictions in the state.
“Except for gatherings related to political, social, cultural and such other activities, the remaining restrictions are expected to be lifted as the Covid situation has improved significantly,” a senior Delhi government official was quoted as saying by PTI.
The DDMA had allowed several relaxations earlier this month including opening of schools and colleges and extended imposition of night curfew from 11 pm instead of 10 pm. With the number of daily Covid cases declining sharply, demands to relax Covid curbs firther have been raised from several quarters, including the traders and political parties.
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The Mizoram government has so far provided compensation of Rs 50,000 each to 420 of 652 COVID deceased people in the state, Chief Minister Zoramthanga has informed the assembly. Also, compensation of Rs 20 lakh each has been released to the next of kin of three volunteers of village-level task force who have died due to COVID-19 while executing their duties. The ex-gratia payment has been met from the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF), he said on Thursday. The chief minister said that the grant for COVID ex-gratia payment has been increased to Rs 49 crore from Rs 47 crore as recommended by the 15th Finance Commission. (PTI)
Active case: 1,34,235 (0.31%)
Daily positivity rate: 1.28%
Total recoveries: 4,22,46,884
Death toll: 5,13,226
Total vaccination: 1,76,86,89,266 pic.twitter.com/kPbKxRCBzk
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2022
➡️ India’s Cumulative #covid19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 176.86 Cr (1,76,86,89,266).
➡️ More than 32.04 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours.
➡️ More than 1.97 Cr Precaution Doses administered so far.https://t.co/fofFK4OVXG pic.twitter.com/sxNSAbQpT6
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) February 25, 2022
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands remained unchanged at 10,015 as no fresh case was reported, a health bulletin said. The Union territory now has 18 active cases, while 9,868 people have recovered from the disease so far, including six in the last 24 hours. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 129 as no fresh fatality was recorded. (PTi)
With the addition of 57 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra increased to 7,08,138, an official said on Friday. These new cases were reported on Thursday. As the virus claimed the lives of three persons, the death toll in the district stood at 11,872. The mortality rate is 1.67 per cent, he said. In neighbouring Palghar district, the caseload has gone up to 1,63,340, while the death toll is 3,391, another official said. (PTI)
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. (AP)
