Active cases: 15,524
Total recoveries: 5,99,695
Death toll: 3618
Coronavirus News Highlights: India’s brutal second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is receding but the cases of Delta plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), are increasing in the country. So far, the country has recorded over 3.01 crore confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 3,93,310 deaths. A total of 2,91,28,267 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 6,12,868 active COVID-19 cases in the country, which comprises 2.03 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate now stands at 96.66 percent. Globally, more than 17.99 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 38.98 lakh have died so far. India has begun the third phase of the vaccination drive in which everyone above 18 years of age will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. India's drug regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for three vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 30.16 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Active cases: 15,524
Total recoveries: 5,99,695
Death toll: 3618
A third wave of COVID-19 -- if it occurs -- is unlikely to be as severe as the second wave given the extent of spread of coronavirus infections that has already taken place in the country, according to a study. The study, based on mathematical modelling analysis published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR), highlights that the emergence of a third wave of coronavirus could be substantially mitigated by the expansion of vaccination.Presenting a vaccine ramp-up scenario where 40 percent of the population has received two doses within three months of the second wave peak, and further that the effect of vaccination is (conservatively) to reduce severity of to infection by 60 percent, the study said it illustrates how vaccination could substantially reduce the overall burden during the possible third wave. "Plausibility of a third wave of COVID-19 in India: A mathematical modelling based analysis" has been authored by Sandip Mandal, Balram Bhargava and Samiran Panda from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and Nimalan Arinaminpathy from the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
As many as 50 lakh people including five lakh children could be infected in Maharashtra in a possible third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, state Food and Drug Administration Minister Rajendra Shingne said on Friday. Talking to reporters at Buldhana, the minister said a third wave could have eight lakh active cases at its peak."About five lakh children may be infected, of which 2.5 lakh may need admission in government hospitals. All these possibilities were discussed during this week's cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray," he said. The Maharashtra government was taking steps to face a possible third wave by ramping up health infrastructure, ensuring adequate stock of medicines and keeping ready healthcare staff including pediatriacians for deployment, Shingne added.
Punjab reports 341 new cases of COVID19, 12 deaths and 768 discharges; active cases in the state are 4,832
One COVID-19 positive patient has died of Delta variant in Assam while the Delta strain was found in 77 per cent of the samples tested during the month of April and May this year, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said on Friday. Since the outbreak of the second wave of the pandemic, 300 random samples of COVID-19 patients for the three months of April, May and June have been sent for testing at the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics at Kalyani in West Bengal, the minister said at a press conference here. "We have got the results for the months of April and May and it has been found that 77 per cent of these have the delta strain while 23 per cent are the Kappa strain", he said. The minister said that one person has died of the Delta variant in the state so far but he did not give any further detail on this.
Total cases 60,17,035
Total recoveries 57,72,799
Death toll 1,20,370
Active cases 1,20,715
Gujarat on Friday reported 123 COVID-19 cases and three deaths, taking the tally to 8,23,010 and the toll to 10,045, while 431 people recovered during the day, an official said. The state's recovery count stands at 8,08,849, which is 98.28 per cent of the overall caseload, leaving it with 4,116 active cases, including 38 patients on ventilator support, he said.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan writes to the Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, and Haryana to step up containment and contact tracing, as measures to prevent the spread of Delta Plus variant.
Bangladesh is considering imposing a strict nationwide shutdown for 14 days as it reported 108 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the second highest single-day toll since the pandemic's outbreak in the country, according to health authorities. Health officials said the deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has spread to Dhaka, mounting pressure on health facilities in the country's capital. The death toll due to COVID-19 reached 13,976 while the total number of positive cases touched 8,78,804 with 5,869 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data by the Health Ministry.
With 871 recoveries and 498 new COVID19 cases in Jammu and Kashmiron Friday, recoveries outnumbered new cases during the last 24 hours. One more confirmed case of black funguswas reported, taking the total to 28.
The number of Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the UK have risen by 35,204 since last week to a total of 111,157, representing a 46 per cent increase, health officials said in the weekly report released on Friday. Public Health England (PHE) said of the total Delta variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India 42 belong to the Delta AY.1 sub lineage, dubbed as Delta plus in some quarters over fears of its even greater transmissibility. While the Delta variant now accounts for approximately 95 per cent of cases that are sequenced across the UK, PHE said both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine continue to provide good protection against hospitalisations.
Conduct of marriage functions permitted in choultries, hotels, resorts, function halls, etc involving not more than 40 people and strictly adhering to the conditions stipulated as below from 28th June: Government of Karnataka
Uttarakhand Cabinet has decided to issue guidelines for Chardham Yatra for pilgrims from Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag districts from July 1. All necessary steps will be taken and priests will be vaccinated: Govt Spokesperson Subodh Uniyal
