Marginal rise in Covid cases in India today, 5 deaths in 24 hours

 

• As of now, the total number of infections in India has risen to 4,46,72,347 while the number of active cases has come down to 4,855

India added 64 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours and five deaths on Wednesday. Yesterday, India recorded 215 new coronavirus infections, while the number rose to 279 on Wednesday. As of now, India's total infection count has risen to 4,46,72,347 while the number of active cases has come down to 4,855. The death toll due to this disease has gone up to 5,30,620 while 4,41,36,872 people have been cured of coronavirus till date.

A decrease of 127 cases has been registered in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

According to the ministry, active cases now comprise 0.01% of the total infections, while the national COVID recovery rate has risen to 98.80%.

According to the website of the ministry, so far 219.92 crore doses of vaccines have been given in the country under the nationwide vaccination campaign.

India's number of COVID-19 infections crossed the 20 lakh mark on 7 August 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September, 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 60 lakh on 11 October 70 lakh, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and one crore figure on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4, 2021, three crore on June 23, 2021 and four crore cases on January 25 this year.

The three fresh deaths reported were from Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra.

Meanwhile, Covid cases in China have reached a new high. Citizens stage demonstrations fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions.

The National Health Commission on Wednesday reported the detection of 37,612 cases in the last 24 hours, while the death toll remained unchanged at 5,233.

"Zero-Covid" has helped keep case numbers low compared to the United States and other major countries, but global health experts, including the head of the World Health Organization, say it is unsustainable. China dismissed the remark as irresponsible.