COVID-19 : 43,263 fresh coronavirus cases in India! Is 3rd wave coming? Check vaccination scenario and other details here
COVID-19 Coronavirus Cases: It has been more than a year since the first wave of the pandemic hit the country last year. The question in the minds of the people now is that will the 3rd wave hit India? Incidentally, it has to be noted that there has been a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country today as compared to yesterday, according to the data available from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Let us see the COVID-19 scenario in the country.
COVID-19 coronavirus cases today
According to MoHFW data, India has recorded 43,263 new cases in the last 24 hours. Incidentally, the country recorded 37,875new cases on Wednesday and 31,222 new cases on Tuesday. At present, the active case load accounts for 1.19 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country. Source: Reuters
COVID-19 vaccine scenario
Under the nationwide vaccination drive, 71.65 crore vaccination doses have been registered so far. More than 70.63 crore(70,63,47,565) vaccine doses have been provided to the states and union territories so far through the central government free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category. Further, more than 96 lakh doses (96,25,760) are in the pipeline. Source: PTI
COVID-19 recovery rate
At present, India's recovery rate stands at 97.48 per cent and 40,567 recoveries have been recorded in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 3,23,04,618. Source: PTI
COVID-19 cases in Kerala
According to an ANI report on September 8, 2021, Kerala reported 30,196 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,71,295 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the positivity rate was 17.63 per cent. Source: PTI
COVID-19 positivity rate in India
As per the MoHFW data, the weekly positivity rate in the country has been 2.43 per cent which is less than 3 per cent for the last 76 days. The daily positivity rate reported to be at 2.38 per cent which is less than 3 per cent for the last 10 days. Source: PTI
Ganesh Chaturthi guidelines for COVID-19
On Wednesday, the Maharashtra government has issued an order regarding the restrictions imposed on the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ANI has tweeted about this from its official Twitter handle. The tweet said, "Maharashtra Government prohibits public from visiting Ganesh mandals on Ganesh Chaturthi, asks mandal organisers to make darshan available online or through other electronic means." Source: PTI