India’s latest covid update
Thursday, 7th October 2021
India recorded 22,431 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, which is 19 per cent higher than the figures logged a day earlier of 18,833, the lowest daily count in over six months. With yesterday’s numbers, the country’s cumulative tally has reached 3,38,94,312.
According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, the number of deaths logged during the past 24 hours was 318 which takes the total number of fatalities in India to 4,49,856.
For the 13th day in a row, the daily count in fresh coronavirus infections has remained below the 30,000-mark.
Meanwhile, as the country’s vaccination drive lunges forward in full swing, 43,09,525 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, with which India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 92.63 crores, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
Vaccine developer Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday that it has already submitted data from its vaccine trial on children between the age of 2 to 18 years to the drug regulator. The company has become the country’s first to conduct tests of their shots on very young children.
India’s focus is shifting towards vaccinating its minor population against coronavirus. The Drug Controller General of India has given green signal to the Serum Institute of India last month to sign up kids aged 7 to 11 years for its trial of US drug maker Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine.
Government of the United Kingdom has made updates in its travel advisory which earlier allowed only “essential travel”, and lifted travel restrictions in connection with Covid-19 for 32 countries which include Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Figures from other Indian states are as follows.
Arunachal Pradesh
Number of fresh Covid-19 cases: 41
Total Covid-19 cases: 54,812
Number of Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours: 2
Death toll: 279
Number of active cases: 425
Total number of recoveries: 54,108
Recovery rate: 98.71 per cent
Andaman and Nicobar island
Number of fresh Covid-19 cases: 1
Total Covid-19 cases: 7,627
Death toll: 129
Number of active cases: 10
Total number of recoveries: 7,488
The News Talkie Bureau
Source- NDTV