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NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters): India put many of its northern districts on high alert Sunday after the “rupture of part” of a Himalayan glacier, officials said, with people evacuated due to rising water levels. water in a river the glacier feeds.
“The Rishiganga power project has been damaged … causing the river water level to rise continuously,” the local police department in Uttarakhand state said on Twitter.
“People living along the Alaknanda River are urged to leave the area as soon as possible.”
Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 count rose to 10,826,363 on Sunday, as 12,059 new cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the federal Health Ministry.
According to official data, the death toll rose to 154,996, as 78 Covid-19 patients have died since Saturday morning.
This was the second day in a row that the number of deaths recorded in a single day was less than 100.
There are still 148,766 active cases in the country, while so far 10,522,601 people have been discharged from hospitals after medical treatment.
January 16 was a crucial day in India’s fight against the pandemic as the nationwide vaccination campaign kicked off during the day. So far, nearly 5.8 million people, mainly healthcare workers, have been vaccinated across the country.
Meanwhile, the federal government has increased testing facilities for Covid-19 across the country. As of Friday, 200,672,589 tests were conducted, of which 740,794 tests were conducted on Friday alone, according to the latest data released by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday.
The national capital, Delhi, which has been one of the places most affected by Covid-19 in the country, has witnessed comparatively fewer cases in recent months.
Until Saturday, 123 new cases and four deaths were registered in the national capital.
So far, 10,877 people have died in the national capital due to Covid19, the Delhi health department confirmed.
Two types of vaccines are being administered to the population of India. While the Covishield vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), was supplied to all states, the Covaxin vaccine, manufactured by “Bharat Biotech International Limited”, was supplied to only 12 states.
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