India records 122 fresh COVID-19 cases
The total COVID-19 caseload of the country has risen to 4,50,26,261. These also include the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
The total COVID-19 caseload of the country has risen to 4,50,26,261. These also include the JN.1 Covid variant cases.
According to the ministry, Karnataka reported 61 cases, followed by Maharashtra 35 and Kerala 25 cases.
The Covid caseload rose to 4,50,21,383 with the addition of the new cases of infections.
National capital Delhi on Wednesday reported its first case of JN.1 coronavirus sub-variant, Health Minister Sourabh Bhardwaj said. The health…
Odisha logged two fresh cases of COVID-19 infections, taking the coronavirus tally to five in the current month, health authorities informed on Wednesday.
The correct response on the part of the Union government would have been to allow those who wanted to go back to their villages to do so in an orderly fashion. This would have involved some increase in infection but not much.
Globally, the coronavirus tally reached 9,408,757 while the death toll climbed to 4,82,184 on Thursday, with the WHO saying it expected global infections to pass 10 million by the end of the week.
Global output is projected to decline by 4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below IMF's April forecast, followed by a partial recovery, with growth at 5.4 percent in 2021.
The Central Government had, last week, issued an order making it compulsory for new patients to visit care centres for clinical assessment to ascertain whether they should be kept in home isolation or be hospitalized.
US President Trump had earlier this week issued an order to suspend issuing of H-1B visas, popular among Indian IT professionals, along with other foreign work visas for the rest of the year.