A day after recording the lowest number of daily Covid-19 infections, India reported 23,950 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total count to 10.099066. On Tuesday, the 24-hour count hit the lowest level with only 19,556 cases recorded on Monday. This was the lowest after 173 days.
The number of active cases has fallen below 2 lakh and is now 1.89,240
The Ministry of Health issued a new SOP on Tuesday in the context of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 detected in the United Kingdom, forcing all states to test passengers traveling or transiting through the airports of the UK. Passengers who test positive must be isolated in an institutional isolation facility in a separate unit (isolation) coordinated by the respective State Health Authorities. Those who test negative with RT-PCR tests at the airport will be advised to self-quarantine at home and will be followed up.
A total of 26,895 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, while 333 people died of Covid in the same period of time. India’s recovery rate is 95.65% and the mortality rate is 1.45%. The number of active cases constitutes only 2.90% of the total cases.
According to data from the Union Ministry of Health, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have reported the maximum number of cases.
“India continues to be among the nations with the lowest Covid cases per million inhabitants and the lowest deaths per million inhabitants. New Covid cases, as well as the deaths of new Covid cases per million inhabitants reported in the last 7 days, are also among the lowest. The daily average of new cases has shown a continuous decrease from 46,301 during the first week of November to 24,135 this week. Average daily deaths also fell from 556 during the first week of November to 343 this week. Total active Covid -19 cases is less than 3% and India’s recovery rate is more than 95%, ”Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
On the new strain of the virus, he said there is no need to panic and this will have no impact on the potential of emerging vaccines. “There is no need to panic. We have yet to detect a virus of this type in our country for which intense efforts are being made. This virus increases infectivity but does not increase the propensity for death, hospitalization or the severity of the disease. Mutation is a very common behavior in viruses. The current mutation says that 17 mutations have occurred at once. Its tendency to enter our cell has increased. The transmissibility has increased with this mutation, ”he said.
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