India's Covid chart showed improvement today, with the country recording 33,376 cases, a drop of 4.5 per cent from yesterday. About 308 deaths were recorded during the period, according to the Health Ministry.
Active cases constitute 1.18 per cent of total cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.49 per cent per cent, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily positivity rate now stands at 2.10 per cent.
Kerala added 25,010 cases and 177 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 43,34,704 and the number of deaths to 22,303. The positivity rate rose to 16.53 per cent on Wednesday after testing 1,51,317 samples in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra's case recovery rate stands at 97.05 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting on the coronavirus situation and vaccination as the Centre noted high caseloads in states like Kerala and Maharashtra to say that there can be no room for complacency.
PM Modi stressed on the need for constant genome sequencing to monitor emergence of mutants and also to ensure increased oxygen availability, said the Prime Minister's Office in a statement.
Here are the live updates on India coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said a special drive will be launched to vaccinate students aged above 18 years on priority to enable educational institutions to reopen in the Union Territory.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at SKICC in Srinagar, Mr Sinha said most of the teachers have already been vaccinated against Covid.
"We are trying to vaccinate students aged above 18 years on priority and professors and teachers in the academic institutions as well because the aim is to restart the institutions," he said.
No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 35 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.05 percent, according to data shared by the city''s health department.
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- Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 11, 2021
COVID-19 | Mizoram reported 725 new cases and 233 total deaths yesterday; active cases 12,347 pic.twitter.com/P5ev43qzH7
- ANI (@ANI) September 11, 2021
A total of 54,01,96,989 samples tested up to September 10, of which 15,92,135 samples were tested, yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research pic.twitter.com/6qfL1radMU
- ANI (@ANI) September 11, 2021
India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage achieves 73 crore landmark (73,05,89,688) as per provisional reports till 7 am today: Ministry of Health pic.twitter.com/WgwOc5EvUQ
- ANI (@ANI) September 11, 2021
Fully vaccinated people were 11 times less likely to die of Covid and 10 times less likely to be hospitalized compared to the unvaccinated since highly contagious Delta became the most common variant, US health authorities said Friday, reported news agency AFP.
The data came from one of three new papers published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of which underscored Covid vaccines' ongoing effectiveness against severe outcomes.
Jharkhand reports 16 new #COVID19 cases and 28 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/H5XPzNxItA
- ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2021
Covid Vaccines Reduce Severe Delta Risks: US DataFully vaccinated people were 11 times less likely to die of Covid and 10 times less likely to be hospitalized compared to the unvaccinated since highly contagious Delta became the most common variant, US health authorities said Friday." Read here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Friday to review the COVID-19 related situation in the country and the vaccination drive to battle the pandemic. The topics covered in yesterday's meeting included a review of the prevailing Covid scenario, preparedness of the health systems to respond, availability of medical oxygen, and matters relating to production, supply, and distribution of vaccines, according to a Press Information Bureau release. Read here.
