The number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is now 2,30,70,365, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.12%, the Union health ministry said Saturday.
From MP, it was Vidisha district that sent highest number of devotees to Kumbh. Many tested positive for Covid on return. Cases surged in MP after people returned from Kumbh.
The active cases further reduced to 31,29,878 comprising 12.14 per cent of the total infections while the national recovery rate has improved to 86.74 per cent.
While experts are yet to conclusively understand whether the virus can spread through plumbing in high-rise apartments, some say it's possible in theory and so precautions may help.
The last sero survey from December 2020 estimated that India was missing infections by a factor of 27. Without a sero survey no such assessment is possible now.
Mumbai has reported 2,784 Covid deaths since 1 March, around a fourth of the deaths in New Delhi. Supreme Court has suggested aspects of Mumbai’s model could be adopted elsewhere.
Delhi has recorded less than 10,000 cases for the third consecutive day. However, the smaller number of new cases was due to relatively fewer tests, 62,059, conducted Saturday.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
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