In a briefing Wednesday, Centre also noted that Covid daily positivity is 'enormously high' in Kerala, along with Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim.
The active cases comprise 1.86 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has further improved to 96.95 per cent, according to health ministry data.
Active cases decreased by 1,19,396 to reach 18,84,937, comprising 4.59% of the total infections and the country's recovery rate stands at 93.89%, the health ministry said.
Active cases decreased by 96,861 to reach 21,05,611, comprising 5.18% of the total infections while the country's recovery rate stands at 93.60%, the health ministry said.
In revised Covid guidelines for children and adolescents, the health ministry also advises against the use of antivirals or monoclonal antibodies for those less than 18 years of age.
The active Covid cases have risen to 16,56,341, the highest in around 230 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,86,451 with 385 daily fatalities, according to health ministry.
The death toll has climbed to 4,86,066 with 314 fresh fatalities, while the national recovery rate has decreased to 94.51 per cent, the health ministry said.
According to the health ministry, asymptomatic cases are laboratory-confirmed cases with no symptoms and have oxygen saturation at room air of more than 93%.
The health ministry clarified that the national regulator had approved the shelf life extension of Covishield and Covaxin in February and October, 2021 respectively.
The baseless claim of Arunachal Pradesh as 'Southern Tibet' cropped up once again when an Indian national was harassed by Chinese immigration officials at Shanghai Airport.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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