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Healthcare workers during COVID-19 screening and swab test of passengers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Andheri in Mumbai
- There are 2,34,406 active Covid-19 cases and 1,10,45,284 recovered cases in the country. A total of 17,741 recoveries have been made in the last 24 hours
India recorded 28,903 fresh coronavirus cases, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the country’s infection tally to 1,14,38,734, the Union health ministry data on Wednesday showed.
The death count due to the infection increased to 1,59,044 with 188 more fatalities being recorded in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering an increase for the seventh day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 2,34,406, which now comprises 2.05% of the total infections, while with 1,10,45,284 recovered cases, the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.56%, the data stated.
A total of 17,741 recoveries have been made in the last 24 hours.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the country has tested 22,92,49,784 samples so far for Covid-19. Of these, a total of 9,69,021 samples were tested on Monday, the ICMR added.
3 new variants of Covid detected in India
Three new variants of Covid-19, from the UK, South Africa and Brazil, have been reported so far in India, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
On whether the people who have been infected once could get reinfected by the new virus strain, Choubey said as per World Health Organization, in the three countries where the pandemic is being driven by the variant mutants of SARS-CoV-2 virus, namely the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, the South African and Brazilian variants have the potential to reinfect persons who have been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Also, 3,50,64,536 coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered till now.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with the HCWs getting inoculated, while the vaccination of the FLWs started on February 2.
The next phase of the vaccination drive commenced on March 1 for those above 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbidities.With Thanks to Mint
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