Over the last week, the city’s daily case count has seen a steady fall. The city reported its highest single-day spike of 20,971 cases at 28.9 per cent positivity rate on January 7. Mumbai: BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Tuesday that Mumbai had moved past the peak and the daily Covid-19 case count was expected to fall further over the coming days. Till then, here's a look at how major cities across India are faring:
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The Union Ministry of Health will update India's Covid-19 tally shortly. The Omicron tally has reached 8,961 - an increase of 0.79 per cent since yesterday, the Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate has also increased to 15.13 per cent. The active caseload has increased to 18,31,000, up from yesterday’s 17.3 lakh. Meanwhile, India recorded 2,82,970 new Covid-19 cases and 441 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday, data updated by the Union Ministry of Health showed. Let us keep the momentum.” On Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had said, “Big day for India’s fight against Covid-19! Over 50% of our youngsters between 15-18 age group have received their 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine…Your enthusiasm for vaccination is inspiring people all over India.” With 50 per cent of the eligible teenagers vaccinated with the first dose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tweeted, “Young and youthful India showing the way! This is encouraging news. But it is not that low that all the curbs can be lifted suddenly,” said Jain. “The Covid positivity rate has come down from 30 per cent to 22.5 per cent in Delhi. Jain added that Delhi would see around 13,000 cases on Wednesday, with a positivity rate of about 24 per cent. He further added that government will monitor the situation for a few days. Next three weeks would be critical for Kerala,” she said.ĭelhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that while the daily positivity rate of the city’s Covid cases had seen a dip, it was not low enough for the Delhi government to lift the curbs imposed to contain the spread of the virus. “In sharp contrast to the first and second waves, in which the state had delayed the peak of the pandemic, cases are spiking alarmingly in the initial stage of the third wave itself. Health minister Veena George said the state is witnessing the extreme spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Kerala health department data showed that the growth rate in newly declared cases increased by 211 per cent during the last week starting January 12. The current death toll of the state is 51,160.
The state also reported 8,193 recoveries taking the total active tally of Covid cases in the state to 1,68,383. Kerala recorded 34,199 new Covid-19 cases and 49 deaths in the last 24 hours on Wednesday. (File)Ĭoronavirus Omicron India Highlights: The third wave of the pandemic in its outset itself continued to sweep Kerala with the test positivity rate going up to 37.17 per cent on Wednesday. The state reported 34,199 new cases on Wednesday when 91,983 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
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