Coronavirus Cases in India: PM Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting on the Covid situation. (File)
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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Australia's second most populous state said on Sunday daily COVID-19 infections fell slightly, reported Reuters. Victoria state said it recorded 392 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, down slightly on the 450 cases recorded one day earlier. Victoria state is struggling to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant despite a strict lockdown of its largest city, Melbourne.
Students Above 18 Will Be Vaccinated On Priority For Reopening Educational Institutions: J&K L-G
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.
Gujarat records 16 COVID-19 cases, no deaths; over 3.73 lakh people vaccinatedGujarat on Saturday reported 16 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 8,25,600, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,082 as no new fatality was recorded, a health department official said.
The recovery count increased by 12 to touch 8,15,356, which is 98.76 per cent of the caseload, leaving the state with 162 active cases. Four patients are in critical condition, the official said.
Vadodara reported six new cases, Surat five and Ahmedabad two, among other districts.
An official release said 3,73,351 people were given COVID-19 vaccine shots on Saturday, which took the number of vaccine doses administered in the state to 5,22,53,771.
Delhi records zero death, 35 new COVID-19 cases; positivity rate 0.05%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.
Only one fatality due to coronavirus has been reported this month, on September 7, as per official figures.
On July 18, July 24, July 29, August 2, August 4, August 8, August 11, August 12, August 13, August 16, August 20, August 21, August 22, August 23 and August 24, August 26, August 27, August 28 and August 29, no death due to COVID-19 was recorded, as per official data.
On March 2 this year, the national capital had reported zero death due to the virus. On that day, the number of single-day infections stood at 217 and the positivity rate was 0.33 percent.
The second wave of COVID-19 swept the city during the April-May period.
725 new cases push Mizoram's COVID-10 tally to 69,751Mizoram on Saturday reported 725 new COVID-19 cases, 330 less than the previous day, with the tally increasing to 69,751, a health department bulletin said.
The daily infection rate was at 10.73 per cent, as the new cases were detected from 6,754 sample tests, it said.
Aizwal district reported the highest number of fresh cases at 438, followed by Lunglei at 72 and Lawngtlai at 48.
At least 168 children were among the newly infected people, the bulletin said, adding that one patient has a travel history and the remaining 724 were found to have contracted the disease locally.
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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.
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PM Reviews Covid Scenario, Asks For Rapid Augmentation Of Oxygen DistributionPrime 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.
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