21.57 lakh active Covid cases in India, double of last year
Union Government on Wednesday mentioned that there are greater than 21.57 lakh active Covid cases in the nation, which is double the utmost quantity of active cases India had last year.
Addressing a press convention, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan mentioned, “Government of India and States/Union Territories are trying their best to come out of the pandemic. There are 21.57 lakh active cases, which is 13.82 per cent of total cases. Over 85 per cent people (1.32 crore) have been cured. More than 13 crore people have been vaccinated in the country which also include 30 lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours.”
As per the federal government knowledge, states having multiple lakh active cases are Maharashtra (6.85 lakh), Uttar Pradesh (2.23 lakh), Karnataka (1.59 lakh), Chhattisgarh (1.26 lakh) and Kerala (1.18 lakh).
About 146 districts in the nation have reported case positivity fee of over 15 per cent, 274 districts have reported case positivity fee between 5 to fifteen per cent and 308 districts have reported case positivity fee of lower than 5 per cent.
He mentioned that in the age group 10-20 years, about 8.07 per cent cases have been reported in the primary wave last year, whereas 8.50 per cent cases have been registered in the identical age group in the second wave.
He claimed that adversarial occasions following immunization (AEFI) incidents in India may be very low and about 0.04 per cent folks examined optimistic for Covid after the second dose of Covaxin, whereas 0.03 per cent examined optimistic for Covid after the second dose of Covishield.
“Around 87 per cent of health workers and 79 per cent of front-line workers have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines. People waiting for second dose will be given priority,” Bhushan mentioned.
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