Daily Covid-19 cases rise for 2nd day in India

Hundreds of devotees perform Chhath Puja rituals, in Prayagraj, UP, amid the pandemic, on Thursday. Pic/PTI

The number of daily Covid-19 cases rise for the second day, with the Union health ministry adding 13,091 new ones on Thursday. The ministry had confirmed 11,466 new infections on Wednesday, up from 10,126 on Tuesday. However, the active cases declined to 1,38,556, and the fresh fatalities were recorded at 340, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said cautioned people against letting the guard down before the pandemic is completely over. He requested the states to enhance the vaccination coverage and motivate over 12 crore beneficiaries who are due for their second dose to take it.

79% have got single shot

The minister stated that at present 79 per cent of the adult population has got the first dose of vaccine and 38 per cent has also received the second dose.

Delta the main concern

The Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said that Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to be the main variant of concern and other variants of interest or concern are now negligible in sequencing data from India. In India, it said, Delta (B.1.617.2 and AY.x) continues to be the main variant of concern.Agencies

3,44,01,670
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

4,62,189
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

1,38,556
Total no. of active cases in India

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever