Omicron Updates: Over 1.2 crore people aged 60 and above were yet to initiate vaccination against Covid-19, official data till February 8 presented by the government in the Lok Sabha shows. Meanwhile, as Covid-19 third ebbs, Delhi for the first time in 2022, recorded fewer than 1,000 cases. In the last 24 hours, according to the state department health bulletin, 977 people tested positive, with the positivity rate at 1.73 per cent.
Before this, on December 29 last year, the city had recorded 923 new cases in a day. Along with 1.2 crores above 60 who have not been jabbed, 1.6 crore people in the same age group have not yet received their second dose of the jabs, junior health minister Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written response in the Lok Sabha. So far, the elderly have been among the population groups that have been prioritized by the government to receive vaccination, even for the booster dose.
Meanwhile, the government also told Lok Sabha on Friday that the report by an international magazine claiming that India’s Covid-19 deaths were more than the number officially recorded was ‘purely speculative’. In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths more than the official number of Covid-19 fatalities. “The report was purely speculative that made use of non-validated methodology for calculating estimates of excess mortality and lacked any peer-reviewed scientific data,” she said.
As the active cases across India, covid-19 infections in Gautam Buddh Nagar were recorded below 1000, the district administration on Friday announced relaxation in some curbs such as reducing night curfew hours and reopening of gyms and swimming pools. The night curfew shall now start from 11 PM and continue till 5 AM instead of the 10 PM-6 AM duration which was imposed last month when the number of active cases crossed the 1,000 mark, according to officials. Gyms and swimming pools that were closed in compliance with state government directives for districts with over 1,000 active cases can reopen now, the officials said.
Here are Covid-19 Live Updates:
– With the addition of 165 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 7,06,887.
– India reported 50,407 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,36,962 recoveries and 804 deaths in the last 24 hours.
– Delhi on Friday reported 977 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest since December 29, and 12 more deaths while the positivity rate dropped to 1.73 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased to 18,49,596 and the death toll climbed to 26,047, the latest health bulletin stated. The number of Covid-19 tests conducted a day ago was 56,444, it said. Delhi had on Thursday reported 1,104 cases with a positivity rate of 2.09 per cent, and 12 deaths.
– The government told Lok Sabha on Friday that the report by an international magazine claiming that India’s Covid-19 deaths were more than the number officially recorded was “purely speculative”. In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of Covid-19 fatalities. “The report was purely speculative that made use of non-validated methodology for calculating estimates of excess mortality and lacked any peer reviewed scientific data,” she said.
– Kerala logged 15,184 new Covid-19 cases and 427 deaths on Saturday and pushed the numbers to 63,96,247 and 62,053 respectively, said State Department of Health. Of the deaths, 23 were reported in the last 24 hours, 122 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 282 were designated as Covid-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, a press release said. With 38,819 more people recovering since Friday, the total recoveries reached 61,52,076.
(with inputs from wires)
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