India corona update

The coronavirus outbreak that has wracked havoc all across the globe was first reported in India on January 30, 2020, after a student who had returned from Wuhan University to Kerala was tested positive of Covid-19. More positive cases of coronavirus started coming up from March first week onwards. Most of the

The covid pandemic which started in early 2020 has killed around 5,31,891 people in India so far. Health experts say that the number of hospital admissions have also come down as lesser number of covid cases are being reported. However, elderly people with comorbidities are still vulnerable to the infection. Furthermore, doctors have recommended such people to take their booster dose if not done yet and follow covid appropriate behaviour. In addition to this, scientists say that people in India have developed hybrid immunity (due to vaccination and natural infection), therefore, the present covid-19 variants will not be able cause hospitalization and severity since it is mild in nature. A total of 44,458,447 people have recovered from the infection so far with 188 patients recovering in the past 24 hours. The current recovery rate is around 98.81 %. The health ministry has advised the state governments to examine the situation of covid-19 at micro level (district &sub-districts) and maintain focus on implementation of necessary measures for prompt and effective management of covid-19, ensuring effective compliance. The government has asked the states to follow the Test-Track Treat-Vaccination strategy. Around 71,703 tests were conducted in a day taking the total number of tests to 92.93 crore. Under the covid vaccination drive, more than 220.67 crore vaccine doses have been administered to the people across the country so far. In the last 24 hours, around 946 vaccine doses...

New Delhi: The country recorded 265 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday. It was added that 1,209 Covid cases recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the recovery rate to 98.8 per cent. India's active caseload is currently at 2,706 and the daily positivity rate is 0.17 per cent, according to the data from the ministry. The government said a total of 220.10 crore vaccine doses, which consisted of 95.13 crore second dose and 22.40 crore precaution ones, were administered till now. As many as 64,239 doses were administered in the past 24 hours. Here are the Live Updates on Coronavirus: Home Quarantine Mandatory In Karnataka For Flyers From High-Risk Countries The Karnataka government on Saturday issued revised guidelines against COVID infections among people coming from high-risk countries. The guidelines say that 7 days of home quarantine is mandatory for those coming from high-risk countries from the time of their arrival. Read After the Central government made compulsory a RT-PCR test for international passengers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand and encouraged people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour, the visitors to the airports have shown consciousness about the ongoing global surge of Corona cases and were found ready to cooperate. In addition to the random 2 per cent tests of all international passengers on their arrival in India irrespe...

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