India reports slight rise in Covid-19 cases with 3,720 infections
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
The daily positivity rate presently stands at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is at 3.46 per cent.
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, also the health minister, said that the Bihar government is prepared for tackling the Covid-19 cases.
Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, said: "There are 27 new Covid cases reported from 1,52,506 samples tested while 20 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours."
Genome sequencing data revealed that delta variant was detected in 99 per cent of the sample in October, 97 per cent in September, 86 per cent in August and 52 per cent in July.
“The genome sequencing tests must be done on the people who are affected with the virus even after being fully vaccinated. The primary objective is to find out whether if the vaccine has worked against the virus or if it has mutated,” the official said, adding that sequencing would be done everywhere in the state.
The INSACOG has sequenced 58,240 SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the Parliament was informed.
The UK strain of the Covid-19 virus is said to be 70 per cent more contagious has reached Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.
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