Active Covid cases in India decline to 3,90,646

New Delhi (TIP): India logged 34,973 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,31,74,954, while the active cases declined to 3,90,646, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday, September 10.

The death toll climbed to 4,42,009 with 260 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases comprise 1.18 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.49 per cent, the ministry said.

A reduction of 2,968 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 17,87,611 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 53,86,04,854.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.96 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for last 11 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.31 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 77 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,23,42,299, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive have exceeded 72.37 crore.

The 260 new fatalities include 125 from Kerala and 55 from Maharashtra.

Maharashtra has reconciled the data leading to a decrease in total number of cases and discharges as compared to Thursday. A total of 4,42,009 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,38,017 from Maharashtra, 37,462 from Karnataka, 35,094 from Tamil Nadu, 25,083 from Delhi, 22,863 from Uttar Pradesh, 22,126  from Kerala and 18,539 from West Bengal.

ICMR: 2 doses give 97.5% protection against death

Two Covid vaccine doses offer near-total protection against death and even one dose is more than 96 per cent effective in averting fatality, the first government analysis of vaccine efficacy among the inoculated population has shown.

The Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) vaccine effectiveness study conducted between April 18 and August 15 this year found that vaccines were preventing serious disease and death. It also revealed a high rate of mortality among the non-vaccinated.

“We synergised the data from several sources, including CoWIN, and found vaccine effectiveness in preventing mortality with one dose to be 96.6 per cent and with two doses 97.5 per cent,” ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said.

“Reinfections and breakthrough infections are under analysis. We first looked at deaths, which is what most people are interested in and vaccines are definitively averting serious disease and death,” the ICMR DG said. As of today, India has administered over 72 crore doses with 58 per cent people above 18 years covered with one dose while the two-dose coverage is a little over 16 per cent.         Source: PTI

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