Every day of the last week, for the first time since mid-January, Maharashtra has reported more than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus infections. The new cases in the second week of February were at least 14 per cent more than the first.
Students undergo thermal
scanning and get their hands sanitized as they arrive at a school that was
reopened with certain COVID-19 safety guidelines, in Thane, Tuesday, Feb 16,
2021.
The Government on Wednesday informed that the
vaccination coverage in the country has crossed 9.06 million doses ranking
India at the third position after USA (55.2 million doses) and the UK (16.12
million doses).
The US and the UK have completed more than 60 days
of vaccination while India has completed 31 days since the inoculation drive
began on January 16.
The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister today
chaired a high-level meeting to review in detail the progress of Covid-19 vaccination
drive across the country and steps to accelerate the pace of vaccination.
Plans to involve private sector healthcare
facilities in a significant way in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive were
discussed, the government said, adding that this will enable registration of
the population in the 50 years plus category for vaccination.
The Union Health Ministry said vaccinations for the
frontline workers carried out till 6 pm, today is 26,64,972, forming 28.9 per
cent of the eligible frontline workers.
It added that nine States/UTs have recorded a
coverage of more than 75% of first dose of HCW. These include Bihar(84.7%),
Tripura(82.3%), Odisha(81.5%), Lakshwadeep(81%), Gujarat(80.2%),
Chhattisgarh(78.8%), Madhya Pradesh(76.7%), Uttarakhand(76.6%) and Himachal
Pradesh(75.1%).
Meanwhile, with the coronavirus numbers
in Maharashtra showing a spike over the last two weeks, the state has
reintroduced some restrictions on the assembly and movement of people. The state government has warned that it could
even bring back the lockdown if it was felt necessary.
Every day of the last week, for the first time since
mid-January, Maharashtra has reported more than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus
infections. The new cases in the second week of February were at least 14 per
cent more than the first.
In the week ending this Sunday (February 14), 20,207
new cases were detected across the state, compared to 17,672 in the previous
week (February 1-7). In the week prior to that (January 25-31), the state had
reported 17,293 cases.
India on Wednesday recorded 11,610 new Covid-19
cases, taking the total tally of cases to 1,09,37,320, according to data from
the Union Health Ministry. With 10 more fatalities in the last 24 hours, the
death toll has reached 1,55,913.
As many as 1,06,44,858 people have recovered from the disease so far. The national recovery rate stands at 97.33 per cent. There are 1,36,549 active cases in the country at present, accounting for 1.25 per cent of its total caseload
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