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India | June 23, 2022 20:38 ISTIndia has been witnessing a spike in daily Covid cases for the past few days.
India has been witnessing a spike in daily Covid cases for the past few days.
The findings of the study have been published on Tuesday on bioRxiv, a pre-print server and have not been peer-reviewed.
Twenty-one students of the New Standard English School studying in Class 6, and 10 students of MES School studying in Class 5 have tested positive for Covid.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 22,416, the health ministry data showed today. The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 85,04,41,292 samples have been tested up to May 30 for COVID-19. Of these, 3,63,883 samples were tested on Monday.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 14,832, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 14,955.
China, which prides itself on stamping out Covid-19 after it broke out at Wuhan in December 2019 before it became a pandemic causing havoc around the world with millions of deaths, struggled to deal with the “Omicron Tsunami”.
An increase of 332 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India reports 3,805 fresh cases, 3,168 recoveries, and 22 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Beijing wore a deserted look with people staying indoors as the four-day May Day holidays were set to end on Wednesday. In Shanghai which is under lockdown for over a month, the number of COVID infections fell for the 13th consecutive day.
India records 3,157 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours; active caseload at 19,500
COVID-19: For a long time, people were told that full vaccination meant two doses so the term precaution dose added to the confusion, added the former director of the Indian Council for Medical Research's Centre of Advanced Research in Virology. Vaccine fatigue, experts explained, is when people do not take proactive action to get vaccinated.
The Tamil Nadu state government has directed the state health department to test a minimum of 25,000 samples for the virus. Currently, 18,000 samples are tested on a daily basis.
A decrease of 16 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
In the wake of the increasing cases, the health department had on Wednesday issued an advisory on reporting of school students catching COVID-19 or showing its symptoms in a preventive measure against the pandemic.
Earlier this month, the DDMA decided to withdraw the fine on not wearing face masks at public places. In February, the DDMA lifted all restrictions in the wake of the significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the city.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 33,917 the ministry data showed today. The total death toll in the country is now at 5,15,974. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 36,168 the ministry data showed today. The total death toll in the country is now at 5,15,877. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The date of cases and deaths due to Covid are being put in public domain on a daily basis since start of the pandemic, and similarly all states, including districts, are releasing regular bulletins with all details on a daily basis which is also in public domain, govt said.
Indian Council of Medical Research Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava, said that this is another vaccine which really establishes that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine superpower.
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