Chhattisgarh’s COVID-19 tally rises to 3,06,370 with 351 fresh cases, seven more fatalities take death toll to 3,718: Officials
Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the 315th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 1,07,77,284 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,54,596 deaths. A total of 1,04,62,631 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 1,60,057 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 1.49 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 97.08 percent. Globally, over 10.38 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 22.51 lakh have died so far. Many countries, including India, have granted emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines and have started vaccinating healthcare workers and high-risk groups. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. Over 39.5 lakh people have been given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
Chhattisgarh’s COVID-19 tally rises to 3,06,370 with 351 fresh cases, seven more fatalities take death toll to 3,718: Officials
A private nursing college in Ullal, Mangaluru of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka was sealed after 40 of its students tested positive for COVID-19. The students had arrived from Kerala.
Updated results show that the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy was high when the interval between the two doses was two months and continued to increase with a longer dose interval. Vaccine efficacy after two standard doses increased from 54.9 percent when the gap between the two doses was less than six weeks to 82.4 percent when the gap between the two doses was more than 12 weeks.
With the addition of 2,992 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Maharashtra coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Maharashtra reached 20,33,266 on February 3, a state health department official said.
A total of 7,030 patients recuperated and got discharge from hospitals, which pushed the recovery count to 19,43,335, he said. Thirty patients died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 51,169, the official said. Of the 27 fresh fatalities, 18 were from the past 48 hours, five from the last week, and the remaining seven had taken place before that but were added on February 3.
India’s active coronavirus caseload dips below 1.5 percent of total coronavirus tally. In the past 24 hours, 14 states and union territories have not reported any COVID-19 related deaths.
Delhi vaccinates 7,365 healthcare workers on Feb 3; more than 80,000 beneficiaries vaccinated so far.
India’s Serum Institute will supply 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to the COVAX vaccine scheme as part of a new long-term deal, head of the UN Children's Fund said on February 3. -- Reuters
Australian Open lead-up events faced disruption after a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the government to ask those staying in the hotel to isolate. -- Reuters
The West Bengal government, on February 3, allowed stadiums and sports complexes located outside containment zones with full seating capacity for outdoor sports events following social distancing, use of masks, and sanitisers.
Further, the Bengal government has also decided to allow the resumption of full activities at the swimming pools subject to similar measures and with regular filtration and chlorination of the pool as per laid down standards. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as laid down by the Government of India, will be followed.
Russia has registered 16,474 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from the 16,643 fresh infections recorded the day before. This takes Russia’s total coronavirus tally to 3,901,204, the coronavirus response center said on February 3.
“Over the past day, 16,474 coronavirus cases were confirmed across 85 regions, including 1,748 cases (10.6 percent) that were detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms,” the center said, adding that the cumulative case count has now reached 3,901,204 with the rate of increase at 0.42 percent.
The Oxford-AstraZenecaCOVID-19 vaccine significantly reduces virus transmission and is highly protective after a single dose, according to an Oxford University study, which the British government said vindicated its inoculation strategy.
“It does show the world that the Oxford jab works, and it works well,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC radio, hailing the study’s findings as “good news”.
“It slows transmission by around two-thirds, so it categorically supports the strategy that we are undertaking,” Hancock said.
We talked about masks to prevent COVID-19 spread from the beginning, we never chased herd immunity, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava
Indiahas become the fastest country in the world to reach the 4 million COVID-19 vaccination mark, achieving this feat in 18 days, the Union Health Ministry said today.More than 41 lakh beneficiaries have been administered shots under the countrywide exercise till this morning."As on February, 1, India was among the top five countries in terms of number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to people. India continues to undertake its vaccination drive at a fast pace," the ministry highlighted.India's fight against COVID-19 is bringing daily successes on other fronts as well, it said.Fourteen states and Union Territories have not reported any deaths in a span of 24 hours includingArunachalPradesh, Tripura,Mizoram, Nagaland,Lakshadweep,Ladakh(UT), Sikkim, Manipur,Puducherry, Goa,Odishaand Assam.With a high number of COVID-19 patients recovering every day and the sustained fall in the mortality rate, India's steady trend of registering dipping active cases continues, the ministry underlined. (PTI)
