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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: New COVID-19 Cases Dip To 2.22 Lakh, Deaths Crosses 3-Lakh Mark
Coronavirus Updates: India had registered 2,17,353 new infections on April 16.
New Delhi:
Fresh COVID-19 infections in India dipped to 2,22,315, the lowest in around 38 days, pushing the total tally of coronavirus cases to 2,67,52,447, while the deaths crossed the 3-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death count climbed to 3,03,720 with 4,454 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India had registered 2,17,353 new infections on April 16.
The active cases have further reduced to 27,20,716 comprising 10.17 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 88.69 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,37,28,011, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.14 per cent, the data stated.
Meanwhile, India delayed the process of bulk-buying vaccines unlike several other nations and may now have few options available in the international market. “Aren’t we a little late to the table on this one?” said Dr Gagandeep Kang, a top virologist who is also a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on medical oxygen.
“The rest of the world has been buying vaccines at risk for a year, so what’s the supply that is available in the market for us to go now and say we want to buy vaccines?” she said.
Here are the Live Updates on India Coronavirus (Covid-19 Cases) Cases:
Many states have floated global tenders for vaccines as doses for the 18 to 44 age group fall short, but Bihar, ruled by BJP ally Nitish Kumar, has decided against it. Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey indicated that the state is unlikely to go shopping for global vaccines. Read Here
Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally surged to 10,333 on Monday as 113 more people tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said. He said that 811 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and 13.93 per cent of them came out positive for COVID- 19. Of the 113 fresh cases, 78 were reported from Aizawl district, 5 from Lunglei, 3 from Champhai district, 19 from Lawngtlai district, 4 from Serchhip district, and 2 cases each were reported from Saitual and Kolasib districts.
America’s top expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is “not convinced” the novel coronavirus developed naturally and has called for an open investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus. When Dr Fauci was asked at an event whether he was still confident that the coronavirus developed naturally he said: “I am not convinced about that, I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability what happened.”
We’ve to break the chain of the virus. We’re using services of 200 students for online medical consultation. Doctors will supervise them… We only got 1200-1400 injections of Black Fungus & we had 400 patients 2 days back. Demand for injections are varying daily: Haryana CM
– ANI (@ANI) May 24, 2021
A woman Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer was found dancing at a marriage function of her brother violating the COVID-19 lockdown guidelines imposed by the state government in the wake of surge in coronavirus cases across Odisha. The woman officer dancing at the marriage procession of her brother came to the fore through social media platform prompting Jajpur District Collector, Chakravarti Singh Rathore to say that: “The woman tehsildar is on leave right now. Once she joins, an explanation will be called. Based on the explanation, a further course of action will be decided”.
All the hospitals have been strictly instructed to report the number of death of the patients on the same day, failing which, strict action will be taken: Uttarakhand Health Secretary Amit Negi.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rose to 6,844 as 24 more people tested positive for the virus while two new fatalities pushed the death count in the union territory to 103, a health department official said on Monday. All the new cases were detected during contact tracing, he said. The archipelago now has 268 active COVID-19 cases of which 260 are in South Andaman district and eight in North and Middle Andaman district, the official said.
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 2,67,52,447 with 2,22,315 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have crossed 2.37 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death count increased to 3,03,720 with 4,454 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Bihar | Govt health center in Sukki village in Madhubani’s Khajauli being used as cow shelter even as COVID pandemic continues to rage
“Not a doctor or a nurse has visited this health center in the last year. People go to Primary Health Centre in Khajauli, says a villager pic.twitter.com/NGs1MMrjTI
– ANI (@ANI) May 24, 2021
Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed US intelligence report.
I performed last rites of 500 bodies in 2.5 years & over 300 Covid bodies last year in Bhubaneswar. Being a woman, I was criticised for doing so but I continued working under a trust run by my husband: Madhusmita Prusty, who quit nursing job to cremate unclaimed bodies in Odisha pic.twitter.com/oips5OYsAD
– ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2021
West Bengal recorded 18,422 fresh coronavirus cases and 156 deaths due to the disease today. The fresh coronavirus cases stayed less than 20,000, for the ninth day in a row. However, Black Fungus still remains a cause of concern for the state. A suspected patient of Black Fungus disease died at a state hospital in Kolkata on Saturday.
Delhi recorded 1,649 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since March 30, and 189 fatalities on Sunday, while the positivity rate slipped to 2.42 per cent, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended the lockdown in the capital by another week. This is the second day on the trot that the number of deaths remained less than 200. This is also the lowest daily spike in cases recorded since March 30 (992) and the first time that the count has gone below the 2,000-mark since April 1, when 2,790 people tested positive for the infection. Delhi had recorded 2,260 cases on Saturday, 3,009 on Friday, 3,231 on Thursday and 3,846 on Wednesday.
