India’s single day rise of coronavirus cases on Friday were recorded close to 23,000. The constant surge in covid cases at an alarming rate has led to partial lockdowns and night curfews in many states.
The country on Friday reported 22,885 new Covid-19 infections, 117 fatalities, taking the national tally to 1,13,08,846, meanwhile the death toll reached 1,58,306, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Along with the number of cases, the number of deaths have also increased. For the last three days, deaths have also been above 100.
Yesterday, India had reported 22,854 Covid-19 cases and 126 deaths while on Wednesday, 17,921 Covid-19 cases and 133 deaths were recorded.
There are 1,97,237 active cases at present. Besides, 15,157 patients of Covid-19 were discharged in a day. A total of 1,09,53,303 persons have been discharged so far, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
States/UTs such as Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh have had very similar growth trajectories in recent weeks.
Delhi on Thursday reported 409 cases. The number is highest in two or three months. The state was earlier reporting below 100 cases.
Niti Aayog (health) member V.K. Paul on Thursday said that the situation of Maharashtra is worrying as part of the state is going back to strict lockdown. But Maharashtra is not the single reason for concern
“Would like to caution Delhi-NCR, Gurugram, part of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad too some extend. These areas are seeing a slight rise in the number of cases,” Paul said adding that the pandemic is not over yet.
The Ministry also said that 7,40,345 samples were tested on Thursday. The cumulative tests done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) so far stands at 22,49,98,638.
So far, 2,61,64,920 doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after approval for ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’.
Here’re some more updates:
*The European Union (EU) has authorised the use of a Covid-19 vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson.
*US President Joe Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill into law, after weeks of partisan fighting in the Congress, marking the first legislative victory for Biden since he took office.
*India witnessed a low turn-out of people taking the coronavirus vaccination on Thursday as it was Maha Shivratri, a gazetted holiday, the Union Health Ministry said.
*Covid-19 vaccine rollouts in Africa has accelerated as the continent’s caseload hit nearly 4 million, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said.
Meanwhile, the overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 118.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.60 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.