Lowest Active Cases in 203 Days
NEW DELHI, Oct 6: Amidst the cautioning of a possible third wave, India’s total active cases on Wednesday declined to the lowest in the last 203 days, according to the data released by the union health ministry.
India added 18,833 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,38,71,881, while the active cases declined to 2,46,687, the data showed. The death toll climbed to 4,49,538 with 278 fresh fatalities. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections remained below 30,000 for the 12th straight day.
The active cases comprise 0.73% of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.94%, the highest since March 2020, the Ministry said.
Official sources said the government’s insurance scheme announced last year for health workers on the COVID-19 frontline workers would now also cover the anganwadi workers and helpers.
In Gujarat, the home state of the prime minister Narendra Modi and the health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, where the Navratri festivals, the nine nights of religious dancing, begins from Thursday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday has asked the owners and managements of all private establishments in the city, including large residential societies and commercial complexes, to restrict the entry of those who have not taken vaccine against coronavirus despite being eligible for it.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation is still reviewing data about Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as part of hopes that it could be approved by the UN health agency for emergency use against coronavirus, but said no decision was imminent.
(Manas Dasgupta)
