A woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Bali, Indonesia. Despite some reluctance in Europe, Asian nations, including India, are using Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid injections to inoculate people. (Reuters photo)
Lockdown News Today Coronavirus Lockdown 2021 Live News: The government of Narendra Modi has changed the vaccination rules that will take effect from April 1. This comes on a day when India detected around 40,000 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. In case you’re itching to celebrate this little dip, hold up your horses! There are several factors that add to the current concern about the second wave of the coronavirus. First is the decrease in doubling time. The latest health data shows that on March 1, the doubling time stood at 504.4 days. Whereas, as of today, that doubling time has dropped to just 202.3 days. As the self-explanatory term suggests, the number of cases is doubling in a shorter period of time.
Another key area is the ‘R’ factor. This is another terminology health experts use to understand the rate at which an infected person transmits the virus. In the last 10 days, this ‘R’ factor has also increased. The same goes for the positivity rate. Another important point is the increase in the number of deaths from Covid. Even the WHO has said that more people die from viral complications.
Nationwide, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kerala are top three contributors in terms of active cases in India. Up to 75 percent of all active cases of Covid-19 infection are reported in these states. As a small relief, another update from the Ministry of Health says that 14 states and UT so far have not recorded any deaths related to coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.
Ahead of the anniversary of the national shutdown, as health officials try to avoid another shutdown, here are the most recent and confirmed developments on Covid in India and around the world:
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