Coronavirus Variants and Vaccinations, Coronavirus Active Cases in India Today News, October 25 Live Updates: India may have in a better position now in terms of the Covid situation if you compare with the condition prevailing two months ago.
Even though research regarding the new mutant is still in the initial phase, studies so far show that this mutant is far more transmissible than the Delta variant.
India reported 14,306 new Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its overall Covid-19 tally to 3,41,89,774, while the active cases declined to 1,67,695, according to data from the Union Health Ministry on Monday.
In the week ended October 24, India witnessed 1,08,500 new Covid-19 cases, compared to 1,09,760 cases in the previous week – only 1,200 lesser infections as Covid-19 cases surge in several states/UTs after the celebration of festivals.
Active COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh fell below 5,000 mark on Monday even as the state recorded 295 fresh infections, taking the tally to 20,63,872, while the death toll climbed to 14,350 with seven more deaths.
Of the 281 deaths, 53 were reported in the last few days, 219 were those which were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to lack of adequate documentation and 9 were designated as COVID deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, a state government release said.
The highest, 196 students, were found corona-positive in Hamirpur district, followed by 173 in Kangra, 104 in Una, 26 in Mandi, 22 in Shimla, 14 in Kinnaur, eight in Kullu, seven in Bilaspur, four in Solan and one each in Chamba and Lahaul-Spiti districts, he added.
The Delhi High Court Monday said that prima facie, a suit filed by several doctors’ associations against Yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid the COVID-19 pandemic deserves consideration and cannot be ‘thrown out’ at the first stage.
Meanwhile, Dr Anita Mutha, who heads the microbiology department of the Indore-based Government Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, said AY.4 is a new variant of coronavirus and not much information is available about its severity.
The Delhi High Court Monday told the authorities here that guidelines and protocols set for COVID appropriate behaviour and controlling of the crowd in marketplaces must be followed scrupulously in this festive season.
Russia reported another daily record of confirmed coronavirus cases Monday as a surge in infections has prompted the Kremlin to tell most people to stay away from work starting later this week.
Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday announced a special COVID-19 inoculation drive for 10,000 people who would be observing Chhath Puja across the city.
People in Tokyo can eat and drink in bars and restaurants later in the evening starting Monday as officials ease social distancing rules with the country’s daily coronavirus cases reaching their lowest levels in more than a year.
Faced with worsening infection rates and frustrated by the slow take-up of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine by its own population, authorities are introducing stricter measures this week to try to curb the spread of the pandemic.
China has employed lockdowns, quarantines and compulsory testing for the virus throughout the pandemic and has largely stamped out cases of local infection while fully vaccinating 1.07 billion people in its population of 1.4 billion.
“We do foresee that there will be spare supplies, and in fact going into late 2021 and beyond, there will be generous vaccine supplies, which would then become available for exports, so the situation is being watched carefully, it is a dynamic situation,” he said.
Puducherry witnessed a fall in the number of fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 ours ending with 30 infections taking the overall tally to 1,27,765.
He told Sky News that mandatory vaccines for health workers would help to protect patients, and that he was not deterred by the fact there is already a staff shortage in the health system.
Of the 158 fresh COVID-19 cases, 157 were confirmed through Rapid Antigen Tests, while one was detected at a TrueNat facility, he said, adding that 33 children were among the newly infected people.
In a tweet in Hindi, the BSP supremo said, “The decision of the UP government to provide financial assistance to the families of those who died from Corona has been taken very late.Now they should get this help soon.” Coronavirus has so far claimed 22,899 lives in the state.
Ladakh recorded five fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,904 while the number of active cases in the union territory has gone down to 37, officials said.
Ladakh has registered 208 Covid-related deaths — 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
Arunachal Pradesh did not register any fresh COVID-19 case in the past 24 hours, while 10 more single-day recoveries were reported, a senior health department official said on Monday.
but what is more important is this strong uptrend, and at a high level, which is holding, at the moment it is around over 90% compared to last week,” Waldemar Kraska told public broadcaster Polskie Radio 1.
However, several private schools in the city and in different places across the state, have decided to reopen schools for these students only after Deepavali, official sources said.
The union territory now has only six active COVID-19 cases and all the patients are in the South Andaman district while the other two districts – North and Middle Andaman and Nicobar – are coronavirus free, he said.
“We think what is going to happen is that a booster shot will be made available from six months from your second dose,” Lieutenant General John Frewen, head of the vaccination taskforce, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp on Monday.
As per official data, only four deaths have been recorded so far this month — once each on October 2, October 10, October 19 and October 22.
Despite having largely stamped out cases of local infection, China maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward the pandemic, characterized by lockdowns, quarantines and compulsory testing for the virus.
the Tennis Australia team in recent months and they shared some good news with us on our Players’ Council call last Friday so that you know the facts.” The email said Tennis Australia was still working with the government on the details but because Victoria state was expected to hit a vaccination target of 90% of the adult population by next month, “it has been confirmed that conditions for the players at the Australian Open will improve significantly.” It said players were expected to be allowed to start arriving in Australia from Dec.
The virus also claimed the life of one more person, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,478, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane is 2.03 per cent.