Coronavirus cases in India: Nearly 80% of patients do not develop severe symptoms, says government
Highlight
- India’s COVID-19 count approached the 76 lakh mark today
- 46,790 new cases registered in the last 24 hours
- More than 67 lakh of patients have recovered so far
New Delhi:
India’s COVID-19 count approached the 76 lakh mark, as the country reported fewer than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in one day for the first time since late July, government data shows. A jump of 46,790 new cases in the last 24 hours brought the country’s total cases to 75,97,063, according to data shared by the Health Ministry this morning. The last time new Covid cases were lower than yesterday’s 24-hour count was on July 23, when India recorded 45,720 cases. The government recently said that the country has crossed its peak of coronavirus, as its daily average number of cases has dropped to 50,000-60,000 from a peak of more than 90,000 daily cases recorded in mid-September.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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However, the country’s downward trend is countered by states such as Kerala, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Delhi, which reported the largest percentage increase in cases.
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Maharashtra, the state with the highest number of cases, reported around 6,000 new cases, almost a third of what it did during its peak. Some 5,000 new cases were reported in Kerala and Karnataka, followed by West Bengal with almost 4,000 cases and Tamil Nadu with 3,500 cases. Together, these states account for 47 percent of all cases in the country.
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India, the second most affected country, also recorded 587 Covid-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,15,197; His death rate has been stable at 1.5 percent for weeks.
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Of these, around 60% of the deaths were concentrated in Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.
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One-day recoveries soared to 69,720, reducing the total active cases to 7.5 lakh. More than 67.3 lakh people have successfully battled COVID-19 so far, bringing India’s recovery rate to 88.6%.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India has one of the highest recovery rates because it was one of the first countries to adopt a flexible lockdown. He added that the country is already working to implement a well-established vaccine delivery mechanism.
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Global experts have warned against populations developing herd immunity to end the pandemic and said a Covid-19 vaccine is the only solution as countries experience the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. . The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, is seeing an increase in cases as winter approaches. It has over 82 lakh of cases and around 2.2 lakh of deaths.
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Also for India, experts have warned against lax observing coronavirus protocols before the winter months, when seasonal illnesses and lung infections increase.
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A government-appointed panel has said the virus may be under control in India “early next year, with minimal active cases by the end of February,” if security measures are followed. They also warned that in cases of failures, the country could see “up to 26 lakh of cases a day.”
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The country’s daily positivity rate (the percentage of people who test positive for the virus versus those who have been tested) dropped to 4.4 percent, as samples tested in the last 24 hours were they shot 10.3 lakh, with a total of 9.6 million tests conducted since January when India reported its first case.
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