Covid-19 India Live News, New Omicron Variant Cases in India, Coronavirus Vaccine Statistics and Registration Latest Update Live, March 1: India has recorded 6,915 new Coronavirus infections, 180 deaths and 16,864 recoveries, as per the official data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. The country’s active caseload stands at 92,472. The data suggests that the daily Covid-19 cases have been recorded at less than one lakh for 23 consecutive days.
As India sees the receding third wave of Omicron-driven coronavirus infections, a new study has warned that the country will see yet another round of new Covid cases sometime in June. The IIT-Kanpur yet-to-be peer-reviewed study says that the fourth wave of coronavirus will hit India in June and peak in August. This shows the cyclical nature of the virus, giving us an indication that the danger can’t be ruled out completely. Though the daily cases have seen a sharp decline, the subsequent spike in coming days can’t be ignored.
Here are the latest Covid updates from India and around the world:
Coronavirus Omicron Live News:
The Delhi zoo reopened for visitors on Tuesday after remaining closed for around two months in view of a spike in coronavirus cases in the capital, officials said on Tuesday. The zoo was closed for the public on January 4 and the online ticket booking link on its website was disabled. An official said the link was reactivated last night and all 4,000 tickets were sold by 8:30 am when the zoo reopened. “The ticket counters outside the zoo have already been closed. So, people are requested to book tickets online only two to three days in advance to avoid any inconvenience,” he said. (PTI)
Health authorities in Guatemala say over a million doses of the Russian Sputnik coronavirus vaccine have expired, because nobody wanted to take the shot. Francisco Coma, the country's health minister, said Monday that there was a “rejection” among the population toward the vaccine, even though a lot of Guatemalans remain unvaccinated. Only about 43% of the country's 12.6 million inhabitants over age 11 are fully vaccinated, in a country whose total population is 17 million. It was unclear if people had any particular doubts about the Russian vaccine, or if they were unwilling to take any vaccine. (AP)
With the addition of 20 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,08,302, an official said on Tuesday. These new cases were reported on Monday, he said. The death toll remained unchanged at 11,875, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in the district is 1.67 per cent. In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,63,385, while the death toll stands at 3,392, another official said. (PTI)
➡️ Over 76.83 Cr COVID Tests conducted so far.
➡️ Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 1.11%.
➡️ Daily Positivity Rate stands at 0.77%. pic.twitter.com/cf710Th5OC
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 1, 2022
➡️ India's Active Caseload currently at 92,472.
➡️ Active Cases presently constitute 0.22% of Total Cases. pic.twitter.com/VgwoO2xbXi
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 1, 2022
Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies on Tuesday, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm and appealed for the public not to worry over a compulsory mass COVID-19 testing plan. Mass testing for the city's 7.4 million residents is set to take place over nine days starting in the second half of March, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing an unidentified source. Reuters
➡️ India’s Cumulative #covid19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 177.70 Cr (1,77,70,25,914).
➡️ More than 18 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours.
➡️ More than 2 Cr Precaution Doses administered so far. https://t.co/mOOzGmov3Z pic.twitter.com/xHbF7LDjOO
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 1, 2022
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 1, 2022
Nine COVID-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a health bulletin said on Tuesday. The Union territory's coronavirus tally remained unchanged at 10,017 as no fresh infection was recorded. A total of 9,879 people have recovered from the disease so far, including one in the last 24 hours, while 129 patients have succumbed to the infection to date, it said. The administration has thus far tested over 7 lakh samples for COVID-19, and fully vaccinated 3.02 lakh people. (PTI)
— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2022
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam called for calm on Tuesday after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up on produce ahead of reports of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing and rumours of a city-wide lockdown. Local media reported compulsory COVID testing would start after March 17, sparking concerns many people will be forced to isolate and families with members testing positive would be separated. Lam appealed to the public “not to fall prey to rumours to avoid unnecessary fears being stirred,” with the supply of food and goods remaining normal, according to a statement on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Mainland China reported 200 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 28, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday, compared with 234 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 75 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared with 87 a day earlier. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, stood at 144 compared with 114 a day earlier. There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll unchanged at 4,636.
As of Feb. 28, mainland China had confirmed 109,526 cases. (Reuters)
— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2022
Mexico registered 2,524 new confirmed cases of covid-19 and 573 new deaths Monday, according to health ministry data. The overall number of confirmed cases hit 5,508,629 and the death toll in the country rose to 318,149. (Reuters)
