ALERT ! Covid 19 second wave, India back at world No 3 in daily cases, reported 46,951

Covid 19 second wave, India back at world No 3 in daily cases, reported 46,951

India reported 46,951 new Covid-19 cases, 21,180 recoveries and 212 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry's updated data on Monday

07:09 (IST) Mar 23 Gujarat, for instance, reported 1,640 cases on Monday, the highest ever in the state.
 
07:09 (IST) Mar 23 Analysis of daily case data for the past few days shows that India reached the third spot on March 19 and since then it has maintained that position.
 
07:08 (IST) Mar 23 India reported 40,622 fresh cases on Monday, with data from Assam yet to arrive till late at night.
 
06:54 (IST) Mar 23 Driven by rising number of Covid cases, the daily test positivity rate has steadily increased to 3.7% on March 21, double of 1.84% a month ago.

 

06:53 (IST) Mar 23 Eight states and Union territories, including Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Punjab, Puducherry, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Haryana, have a higher weekly positivity rate than the national average.
 
05:32 (IST) Mar 23 Astra Covid vaccine found to be 79% effective in US study

AstraZeneca-Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated an efficacy of 79% at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in large-scale phase III trials in the US, much higher than UK trial results. The interim data rests speculation on the vaccine’s efficacy on those over 65 years, and showed a 100% efficacy against severe disease and hospitalisation. The data validates it “as a much-needed additional vaccination option, offering confidence that adults of all ages can benefit from protection against the virus”, AstraZeneca said.

 
04:42 (IST) Mar 23 Global coronavirus deaths rise for first time in 6 weeks: WHO

A top World Health Organisation expert on the coronavirus pandemic said the weekly global count of deaths from COVID-19 is rising again, a "worrying sign" after about six weeks of decline. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on COVID-19 at the U.N. health agency, said on Monday that the growth followed a fifth straight week of confirmed cases increasing worldwide. She said the number of reported cases went up in four of the WHO's six regions, though there were significant variations within each region.

04:42 (IST) Mar 23 ‘Not variants, but flouting of mask rule tied to rise in cases’

Ruling out the spike in Covid-19 cases to any new variants, Hyderabadbased Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) director Dr Rakesh Mishra said the rise in positive cases is due to people not wearing the masks and taking it easy, reports U Sudhakarreddy. Dr Mishra told TOI that there’re no new variants or mutations which are more virulent than existing strains. “Out of all the cases we are getting, only 5-6% are of UK strain. We’re on watch to check whether any new strain is emerging,” he said.

04:29 (IST) Mar 23 Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Hyderabad-based Virchow Biotech have announced an agreement to produce up to 200 million doses per year of Sputnik V.
 
04:28 (IST) Mar 23 The health ministry revised the interval between two doses of the Covishield vaccine to 4-8 weeks, from the existing 4-6 weeks, after evidence showed higher efficacy following a longer gap between the shots.
 
04:28 (IST) Mar 23 Analysis of daily case data for the past few days shows that India reached the third spot on March 19 and since then it has maintained that position.
 
04:28 (IST) Mar 23 According to WHO data, on March 22, Brazil reported 79,069 new cases, the highest in the world, followed by the US at 60,228 and India at 46,951 cases.
 
04:27 (IST) Mar 23 The steady increase in cases has once again pushed India to become the world’s third-worst affected country in terms of daily cases.
 
04:27 (IST) Mar 23 For the fourth consecutive day, more than 40,000 fresh cases were reported in the country.

 

 

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India reported 46,951 new Covid-19 cases, 21,180 recoveries and 212 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry's updated data on Monday

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