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Several small business owners, restaurateurs, and traders among others, took the hit of severe losses when the state governments announced Covid curbs. New curbs were revised and released over time but the small businesses haven’t seemed to taken off yet. However, according to a recent PTI report, several market associations in Delhi are now hopeful that their business will finally see a boost, after the DDMA decided to withdraw all curbs, including night curfew. On Friday, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, decided to withdraw all curbs from today and reduced the fine for not wearing masks from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500. While schools will resume offline classes from April 1, passengers in the Delhi Metro can now travel without any restrictions, which means, they can travel both standing and sitting manner. This might result in more footfall at the restaurants which are now allowed to be operational at full capacity.
Ashok Randhawa, president of the Sarojini Nagar mini-market traders’ association, spoke to PTI and said that the lifting of the night curfew comes as the “biggest” relief. “We welcome this move by the Delhi government, the lieutenant governor and the DDMA. With the lifting of the night curfew, we will get more time to do business. During weekdays, most of the customers come to the market for shopping after their office hours. As the restrictions were in place and the market used to close by 8 pm, many of them returned home without shopping,” Randhawa said. “The wedding season is in place and many customers are visiting the market. There is Holi next month and the cases are also reducing. We are hoping that no other variant of the coronavirus comes in the future,” he further added.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that a dramatic drop in coronavirus infections could lead to the lifting of vaccine mandates on restaurants, bars and theatres as soon as March 7. His announcement came shortly after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her own plans on Sunday to lift the state's mask mandate on schools, effective Wednesday. (AP)
Assam logged 11 new COVID-19 cases and zero death on Sunday, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said. The 11 new cases pushed the COVID-19 caseload 7,24,110. The new cases were detected from 1,788 sample tests conducted during the day. The positivity rate at 0.62 per cent. Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, logged eight fresh infections against four the previous day. With no death reported during the day, the death toll in the state remained at 6,638 with the death rate at 0.92 per cent. The number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due to other reasons also stood at 1,347. (PTI)
As the number of COVID-19 cases has declined in the State, the Kerala government lifted certain restrictions and decided to allow 100 per cent occupancy in theatres. In an order on Sunday, the government allowed the bars, hotels, clubs, restaurants and eateries to also function with full occupancy. The order said the government, semi-governmental offices can hold meetings or training off-line, if required. The restrictions at the district-level on the basis of the number of people hospitalised are also lifted. The government had authorised the State Disaster Management Authority to divide the districts into three groups – A, B and C – based on the number of people admitted to hospitals and imposed restrictions accordingly. As the cases showed a dip, the State administration opened schools, college and creches. (PTI)
Goa on Sunday reported 20 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 2,45,001 and death to 3,801, an official said. So far, 2,40,899 people have recovered from the infection, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with an active caseload of 301, he said. With 1,046 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 18,81,025, he added. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu on Sunday added 439 fresh infections to its cumulative COVID-19 tally, which rose to 34,49,007, while the toll reached 38,003 with one more fatality. Recoveries outnumbered new cases with 1,209 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 34,04,611, leaving 6,393 active infections, a medical bulletin said. Chennai accounted for the majority of new infections with 119, followed by Coimbatore 66, Chengalpet 51 while the remaining cases were spread across other districts. Ariyalur, Kallakurichi, Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur, Theni and Thirupathur recorded nil cases in the last 24 hours. (PTI)
West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll rose to 21,175 as three more persons succumbed to the disease on Sunday, while 215 new infections pushed the total caseload to 20,15,018, a health department bulletin said. Of the three deaths, one each was reported from Kolkata, Jhargram and Birbhum, it said. North 24 Parganas district recorded the highest number of new cases with 43 followed by 39 in Kolkata, according to the data. The positivity rate was 0.78 per cent while the COVID-19 recovery rate is 98.85 per cent, it said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,38,588 on Sunday with the detection of 392 cases, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,727, an official said. The positivity rate, or cases per 100 tests, reduced to 0.5 per cent from 0.7 per cent the previous day, he pointed out. So far, 10,24,010 people have been discharged post recovery, including 869 during the day, leaving the state with an active tally of 3,851, the official said. Bhopal and Indore, the two worst coronavirus-hit cities of Madhya Pradesh, registered 52 and 23 cases, respectively, during the past 24 hours, he said. With 65,593 samples examined during the day, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,78,31,295, the official added. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 162 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths due to the infection on Sunday, increasing its tally to 12,22,511 and the toll to 10,928, a state health department official said. With 386 patients getting discharged during the day, the recovery count rose to 12,09,534, leaving Gujarat with 2,049 active cases, including 23 patients on ventilator support, he said. Ahmedabad reported the maximum 79 cases, followed by 35 in Vadodara, nine in Surat, seven in Rajkot, among other districts. The two COVID-19 fatalities occurred in Vadodara, he said. A state government release said 28,118 people received their COVID-19 vaccination jabs during the day, increasing the total number of doses administered so far in Gujarat to 10.29 crore. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 782 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 78,65,298 while two deaths, in Navi Mumbai and Solapur, pushed the toll to 1,43,697, an official said. So far, 77,10,376 people have been discharged post recovery, including 1,361 during the day, leaving Maharashtra with an active tally of 7,228 cases, he said. With 80,275 samples being examined on Sunday, the total number of tests in the state went up to 7,78,24,854, the official added. He said the Omicron tally in Maharashtra stood at 4,629, with 4,456 people already having been discharged post recovery. (PTI)
Karnataka on Sunday registered 366 fresh coronavirus cases and 17 virus-related fatalities, taking the aggregate to 39,40,795 and the toll to 39,936. There were 801 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,94,333, a health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 224 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 326 people being discharged and 11 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 6,488. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.69 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 4.64 per cent. Of the 17 deaths, 11 were from Bengaluru Urban, one each from Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Raichur and Udupi. (PTI)
Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 54 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 4,52,955, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 38 were detected in Jammu division and 16 in Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district recorded the highest number of 30 new cases. There are 788 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of recoveries stands at 4,47,419, they said. (PTI)
A private school in north Delhi decided to switch to online classes after a first grade student developed mild Covid-like symptoms following which all students and parents were advised to take precautionary measures, the school administration said on Sunday. The student had on Thursday attended the school at Model Town, but his parents informed the administration on Saturday that he had developed Covid-like symptoms like headache and pain, it said. As a precautionary measure, the school administration decided not to conduct offline classes for students from nursery to class 5 on Monday. “The affected student attended school on Thursday and was absent the next day. After his parents told us about the situation on Saturday, we informed rest of the parents and asked them to take precautionary measures and also inform the school administration in such cases. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Nashik reached 4,75,690 on Sunday with the addition of 29 cases, while one death took the toll to 8,894, an official said. So far, 4,66,475 people have been discharged post recovery, including 66 during the day, leaving the district with an active tally of 321, he said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Sunday reported 103 COVID-19 cases, taking the city's tally to 10,56,399, while the toll remained unchanged at 16,691, a civic official said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation statement said 87 out of the 103 new cases were asymptomatic. The recovery count increased by 165 during the day to reach 10,35,991, leaving the city with an active caseload of 838, the official said. He said 18,367 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, which took the number of tests conducted to 1,61,71,892. (PTI)
Two more Covid deaths were reported in Haryana on Sunday as 360 fresh cases surfaced, pushing the state's infection count to 9,81,444, according to a Health Department bulletin. So far, 10,557 people have died from the infection in the state. Gurugram district reported 172 fresh cases while 33 infection cases were from Faridabad. The two fresh deaths were from Gurugram district, as per the bulletin. (PTI)
Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests the Biden administration recently made available to the public still have not been claimed as virus cases plummet and people feel less urgency to test. Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the pandemic, from vaccines to hand sanitizer, along with tests. On the first day of the White House test giveaway in January, COVIDtests.gov received over 45 million orders. Now officials say fewer than 100,000 orders a day are coming in for the packages of four free rapid tests per household, delivered by the US Postal Service. Still, the White House sees the program as a step toward a deeper, yet more elastic, testing infrastructure that will accommodate demand surges and remain on standby when cases wane. (AP)
Nagaland on Sunday reported only one new COVID-19 case, five less than the previous day, taking the tally in the state to 35,402, a health department official said. The state's coronavirus death toll remained at 756 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said. Nagaland now has 119 active COVID-19 cases, while 33,050 people have recovered from the disease, including 10 in the last 24 hours, the official said. The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 93.35 per cent. Nagaland had reported six new COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday. The state has tested more than 4.59 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far. (PTI)
Kerala on Sunday recorded 2,524 fresh COVID-19 infections which raised the total caseload to 64,97,204 in the state. The southern state also reported 62 deaths which raised the total fatalities to 65,223, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 3 were reported in the last 24 hours, 13 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 46 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. With 5,499 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries in the state reached 64,01,236 and the active cases dropped to 29,943, the release said. As many as 34,680 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest with 393 cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram 356 and Kottayam 241, the release said. (PTI)
The total coronavirus recoveries in Andhra Pradesh crossed 23 lakh on Sunday even as the state registered 136 fresh cases in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday. The latest bulletin said 803 more infected people got cured while another succumbed in the state. The state Covid-19 chart now showed a gross of 23,17,741 positives, 23,00,165 recoveries and 14,726 deaths till date. The number of active cases dropped below 3,000 to 2,850, the bulletin said. Chittoor district became the first in the state to log a total of 2,000 Covid-19 deaths as it reported one fresh fatality today. (PTI)
Sikkim reported two new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 39,064, a health department bulletin said on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 443 as one more person succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, it said. The Himalayan state now has 59 active COVID-19 cases, while 37,817 people have recovered from the disease and 745 have migrated to other states, the bulletin said. Sikkim had reported two new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. (PTI)
Schools for classes 1 to 7 will open in Odisha on Monday after nearly two years with a week-long rapport building exercise. The government had announced earlier that the schools would open from February 14, but various district collectors sought additional time for undertaking cleaning, bush cutting and minor repairs. They cited the rural elections, due to which many schools would be used as polling stations. Most of the polling personnel consisted of teaching and non-teaching staff of the School and Mass Education (SME) Department. Therefore, the department announced the students would attend physical classes from February 28. Teachers had to come to school from February 14 to ensure proper cleaning and sanitization. (PTI)
Serum Institute of India has sought permission from India's drug regulator to conduct a phase-3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a booster dose in adults, official sources said on Sunday. The Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28. The vaccine is yet to be included in the country's inoculation programme. Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII had last week submitted an application to DCGI seeking nod for phase-3, observer-blind, randomised, controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Covovax as booster dose on those who have received primary vaccination either with Covishield or Covaxin at least three months ago, an official source said. Singh has stated that many countries are already administering booster doses to their citizens considering the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are sure that your approval for conducting this clinical trial will ensure an early availability of Covovax for booster dose use for people of our country as well as the world in line with our prime minister's vision of 'Making in India for the World',” Singh is learnt to have stated in the application. (PTI)
Though the curve of the third COVID-19 wave almost flattened, the decision regarding the face mask rule will be taken carefully, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday. Tope's comments come a day after Maharashtra reported 893 COVID-19 cases and eight fatalities due to the infection. “The peak of the third wave had seen 48,000 cases per day in Maharashtra. Now the number of fresh cases is not even ten per cent (as compared with the peak). The number of active cases is around 9,000 now,” Tope told reporters in Jalna. – PTI
Odisha reported 251 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday — its lowest this year, the Health Department said. The toll rose to 9,064 with eight fatalities, including two each in Angul and Nayagarh. – PTI
Ninety per cent of adolescents in the age group of 15 to 18 years in the national capital have been administered the first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 since the launch of the drive on January 3, according to official data. – PTI
Twelve COVID-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a health bulletin said. The Union territory's coronavirus tally remained unchanged at 10,016 as no fresh infection was registered, it said. – PTI
Puducherry witnessed a further dip in new COVID-19 cases with only 10 new infections reported on Sunday taking the overall tally to 1,65,711. Puducherry witnessed a further dip in new COVID-19 cases with only 10 new infections reported on Sunday taking the overall tally to 1,65,711. – PTI
Actor Shruti Haasan on Sunday said she is “on the mend” after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. The 36-year-old actor took to Instagram to share her health update with fans and followers. – PTI
The pandemic may have disrupted Carnival plans in Rio de Janeiro for a second straight year, but revellers who have flocked to the Brazilian city for sun, sea and samba still found ways to party. Thousands defied an official ban on street parties on Saturday by dancing, singing and mingling to the rhythm of Samba, sometimes as police looked on. AP
With the addition of 40 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,08,237, an official said on Sunday. – PTI
