The number of COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 12 lakh mark on Thursday.
New Delhi:
The number of COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 12 lakh mark on Thursday with the highest single-day peak of 45,720 cases, according to government data last night.
The total number of coronavirus cases amounts to 12,38,635 including 4,26,167 active cases, 7,82,606 cured / released / migrated. The cumulative toll reached 29,861 dead.
Meanwhile, the new UK high commissioner said India has fantastic ‘vaccine capacity’ and will play a crucial role in the partnerships the UK is building on the development and manufacture of COVID-vaccines. 19.
Serum Institute of India, the world‘s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, has partnered with biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to manufacture the experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford.
Here are the updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
The Kerala cabinet decided on Thursday to cancel the assembly session scheduled for Monday, following a growing number of COVID-19 cases, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan saying it was difficult to hold a session assembly because the deputies will have to move from their constituencies and many of them are over 60 years old.
A special Cabinet meeting will be held on Monday where a decision will be made on imposing a full lockdown in the state.
“MPs must travel to Thiruvananthapuram from their constituencies to attend the session. Many of them must be from containment areas and most are over 60 years old,” the chief minister said.
“If the government holds an assembly session and one member is affected, what would the situation be? In the current situation, it is difficult to conduct the assembly session observing all COVID-19 protocols,” a- he added.
The Odisha government said on Thursday that guidelines issued to allow home isolation of all COVID-19 positive patients, who are asymptomatic / have mild symptoms and do not have co-morbidities in urban areas, will also apply. to rural areas of the state.
Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, additional chief secretary of the health and family welfare department, said cases of COVID-19 were on the rise due to intensified house-to-house investigations and testing of symptomatic people.
“Over the past few days it has been found that positive COVID-19 cases are increasing in the state, but people don’t have to panic. This is because of the intensification of investigations and testing of house to house on symptomatic people, ”he said.
“The health infrastructure is stable in the state. There is an adequate stock of drugs and logistics for the next four months to fight against COVID-19,” added Mohapatra.
