Covid-19 Third Wave India

The COVID-19 test positivity rate (TPR) in Mumbai jumped over 15 per cent twice in the current week, civic officials said on Friday, as the metropolis battles a fresh surge in cases after the third wave of the pandemic waned earlier this year.

Hiccups in recovery of contact-intensive services attributable to the third wave of Covid-19 in the country may have also affected the economic growth

Seventy per cent of people who received a booster dose of Covid vaccine did not get infected during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India.

India's factory activity growth accelerated in February as the threat from a third Covid-19 wave eased, while some softening of price pressures meant demand and business expectations strengthened, a private survey showed.

The portions could not be completed within the timeframe since offline classes were suspended in view of surge in COVID-19 third wave, G Kumar Naik, Additional Chief Secretary said

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.

Around 95% of swab samples examined in the latest round of genome sequencing in Mumbai were found infected with Omicron variant that triggered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in late December and which has now ebbed in the metropolis.

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases had begun declining statewide and predicted that the third wave of the pandemic might get over by the second or third week of March.

A comparatively younger population with an average age of 44 years has been infected more in this Covid wave, the government said on Thursday, highlighting there was significantly less use of drugs for treatment this time.

The peak of the third COVID-19 wave driven by the highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron is slightly lower than that of the second wave, which swept the country last year and killed lakhs of people, the government said today.

The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.

A comparative study of all admitted COVID-19 patients in Max Healthcare hospitals suggests that during the ongoing third wave, occupancy of ICU beds and oxygen requirement is not higher compared to the prior two waves of the coronavirus infection.

Kerala Health Minister Veena George has cautioned people against the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state during the third wave and said both Delta and Omicron variants of the virus are contributing to the ongoing unprecedented surge in daily cases.

The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to peak much earlier than anticipated and may take a maximum of three more weeks, even though the share of rural districts in new caseloads has increased significantly since December, says a report.

GATE 2022: Over 23,000 candidates appearing for the GATE examination in February have joined a petition demanding the exam be postponed in view of the third wave of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 test positivity rate (TPR) in Mumbai jumped over 15 per cent twice in the current week, civic officials said on Friday, as the metropolis battles a fresh surge in cases after the third wave of the pandemic waned earlier this year.

Hiccups in recovery of contact-intensive services attributable to the third wave of Covid-19 in the country may have also affected the economic growth

Seventy per cent of people who received a booster dose of Covid vaccine did not get infected during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India.

India's factory activity growth accelerated in February as the threat from a third Covid-19 wave eased, while some softening of price pressures meant demand and business expectations strengthened, a private survey showed.

The portions could not be completed within the timeframe since offline classes were suspended in view of surge in COVID-19 third wave, G Kumar Naik, Additional Chief Secretary said

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.

Around 95% of swab samples examined in the latest round of genome sequencing in Mumbai were found infected with Omicron variant that triggered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in late December and which has now ebbed in the metropolis.

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases had begun declining statewide and predicted that the third wave of the pandemic might get over by the second or third week of March.

A comparatively younger population with an average age of 44 years has been infected more in this Covid wave, the government said on Thursday, highlighting there was significantly less use of drugs for treatment this time.

The peak of the third COVID-19 wave driven by the highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron is slightly lower than that of the second wave, which swept the country last year and killed lakhs of people, the government said today.

The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.

A comparative study of all admitted COVID-19 patients in Max Healthcare hospitals suggests that during the ongoing third wave, occupancy of ICU beds and oxygen requirement is not higher compared to the prior two waves of the coronavirus infection.

Kerala Health Minister Veena George has cautioned people against the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state during the third wave and said both Delta and Omicron variants of the virus are contributing to the ongoing unprecedented surge in daily cases.

The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to peak much earlier than anticipated and may take a maximum of three more weeks, even though the share of rural districts in new caseloads has increased significantly since December, says a report.

GATE 2022: Over 23,000 candidates appearing for the GATE examination in February have joined a petition demanding the exam be postponed in view of the third wave of COVID-19.