Covid-19 LIVE News Updates, Coronavirus News Today, 7 May 2022: Maha sees 253 COVID-19 cases and one death, 171 fresh infections in Karnataka; WHO Covid death report ‘baseless’, attempt to ‘tarnish’ India’s image, say health ministers.
according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Karnataka reported 253 and 171 fresh Covid cases respectively on the day. While Maharashtra witnessed one death, Karnataka did not record any virus-related fatalities on Saturday.
Health ministers of different states who attended the 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) have slammed WHO for its estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to show the country in a poor light”. They said India has a robust, efficient and comprehensive system for registering deaths and all Covid fatalities are systematically recorded transparently following a legal process.
Coronavirus Live Updates: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count, says WHO
New Delhi: A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing, at a school in New Delhi, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. So far, more than 3.01 crore (3,01,97,120) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Till now, 9,95,265 precaution doses have been administered to those aged 18-59 years, according to Health Ministry data.
As many as 11 students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Jharkhand’s Chatra district were tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, officials said on Friday. Eight girls of class 12 and two of class 11 were found to be afflicted with the disease on May 4, while another one tested positive for the virus on Thursday. “We were provided with the test report on May 4 in which 10 students were reported to be positive with Covid-19,” Arundhati Dutta, in charge of Kasturba Gandhi Residential schools in Chatra, told PTI.
India recorded 3,545 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare’s latest update. The active caseload presently stands at 19,688. Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
Over 90% Covid deaths went unreported? Why WHO data raises questions
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation Thursday raise several questions.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.
If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
WHO: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count
COVID COULD have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
In its report on excess deaths due to Covid, WHO said that an estimated 1.5 crore people are likely to have succumbed to the direct or indirect impact of the disease globally during the first two years of the pandemic — instead of the 54 lakh that have been recorded officially by countries separately.
For India, the WHO said about 8.3 lakh deaths are estimated to have happened in 2020 itself.
according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Karnataka reported 253 and 171 fresh Covid cases respectively on the day. While Maharashtra witnessed one death, Karnataka did not record any virus-related fatalities on Saturday.
Health ministers of different states who attended the 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) have slammed WHO for its estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to show the country in a poor light”. They said India has a robust, efficient and comprehensive system for registering deaths and all Covid fatalities are systematically recorded transparently following a legal process.
Coronavirus Live Updates: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count, says WHO
Gujarat on Sunday reported 37 COVID-19 cases, of which 34 were from Ahmedabad city alone, raising the state’s tally to 12,24,507, said a health department official.
The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,416, leaving the state with an active caseload of 147, he said.
The death toll stood unchanged at 10,944 as no fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he added.
Ahmedabad district led with 35 cases followed by one each in Jamnagar and Vadodara, the official informed.
A government release said 11,399 people were given COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Sunday, increasing the number of doses administered so far to 10.81 crore. –PTI
Punjab reported 23 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 7,59,905, according to a medical bulletin.
No covid-related death was reported in the past 24-hours and the death toll stands at 17,751, it said.
Of the new cases, Mohali registered 10 followed by seven in Ludhiana and two each in Fazilka and Patiala, it said.
There were 284 active cases in the state, it said.
Twenty-three patients recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries to 7,41,870, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh reported 11 new Covid cases, taking the total count to 92,147, the bulletin said, adding that the number of active cases was 78.
No covid-related death was reported in the city. The death toll stands at 1,165. –PTI
Delhi reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease on Sunday, while the positivity rate was recorded ta 5.34 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
A total of 26,647 Covid tests were conducted in the national capital on Saturday, it showed.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 infection tally rises to 18,94,254, while the death toll stands at 26,179, according to the bulletin.
The city reported 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.72 per cent and two deaths on Saturday.
It had on Friday logged 1,656 COVID-19 cases, the highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. –PTI
The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose by one to reach 4,76,061 on Sunday, health officials said.
The virus did not claim any life during the day, which kept the fatality count in the district unchanged at 8,899.
A total of 4,67,156 patients have recovered so far across Nashik.
At present six patients are undergoing treatment in the district, they said. –PTI
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
According to WHO, 8.3 lakh Covid-19 deaths happened in 2020 – the official Covid-19 toll for India for that year is 1.49 lakh. The government Thursday said that an estimated 81.2 lakh people died in the country that year due to all causes. This is consistent with past data that shows that, on an average, about 83.5 lakh people die in the country every year in the last decade and a half. (Read the full story here)
India recorded 3,451 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, taking the country’s total to over 4.30 crore, according Union Health Ministry. The active cases stood at 20,635 and constituted 0.05 per cent of total infections. With 3,079 recoveries reported, the recovery rate stood at 98.74 per cent.
Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported one COVID-19 case, taking the state’s tally to 11,52,306, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.
The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 0.03 per cent, while the recovery count increased by five to touch 11,38,234, leaving the state with 38 active cases, he said.
The lone case was recorded in Dhamtari, while 15 districts have no active case as on Saturday, he said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,41,661 on Saturday after the detection of 27 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735, an official said.
So far, 10,30,729 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with 197 active cases, he said. With 7,727 samples examined on Saturday, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,91,33,393, he added.
A government release said 11,77,86,415 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 54,714 during the day. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, increasing its tally to 12,24,470 and toll to 10,944, said a state health department official.
The recovery count increased by 19 to touch 12,13,401, leaving the state with an active caseload of 125, he said.
The lone death took place in Kheda district, while the cases comprised 19 in Ahmedabad, three in Vadodara and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana and Rajkot, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 10,60,606. while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563, a civic official said.
So far, 10,40,259 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 94 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 784, he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the caseload doubling time was 7,316 days and the overall growth rate of cases between April 30 and May 6 stood at 0.009 per cent. (PTI)
Chennai and neighbouring Chengalpet accounted for the majority of new COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as new cases rose to 89, including two returnees from Malaysia and Singapore, respectively, aggregating to 34,54,306, the health department said.
The death toll in the state stood at 38,025 as no fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said. Among those tested positive include 44 men and 45 women, it said.
As many as nine districts added the new cases with neighbouring Chengalpet leading with 42, Chennai 30, Kancheepuram five; Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirappalli, and Vellore adding two each while Cuddalore and Virudhunagar registered one case each. (PTI)
Delhi recorded 1,407 new Covid cases and two more fatalities, while the positivity rate dropped to 4.72 percent, according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday.
A total of 29,821 tests to detect coronavirus were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
Delhi recorded 1,656 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the infection on Friday, highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. (PTI)
Karnataka on Saturday reported 171 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,48,635 while there were zero fatalities, the health department said. In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while 121 people were discharged.
The state on Saturday conducted 15,647 tests including 11,520 RT-PCR tests. The majority of cases came from Bengaluru Urban district which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases.
There were 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one each in Dharwad, Udupi, Bengaluru Rural and Bidar. The department said 24 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities. The positivity rate for the day was 1.09 per cent. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 253 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 78,79,054 and the toll to 1,47,846, an official said.
So far, 77,29,931 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 136 in the past 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,277, he said.
Mumbai led with 172 cases, while the lone death was in Satara in Pune division, the official informed. State health department data showed the recovery rate was 98.11 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.86 per cent. (PTI)
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday raise several questions.
Odisha on Saturday recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,88,131, the health department said. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126, as no fresh fatalities due to coronavirus were reported.
The state had registered 14 new infections and zero death on Friday. Odisha now has 103 active coronavirus cases.
Altogether 12,78,849 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 10 on Friday. The department said 53 other coronavirus patients have also died due to comorbidities till date. (PTI)
Puducherry recorded three fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday raising the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 1,65,797, a senior government official said.
In a release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the health department tested 278 samples in the last 24 hours and three fresh cases surfaced during examination.
He said no patient recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours and there were eight active cases remaining in the UT. The overall recoveries were 1,63,827. (PTI)
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
“We [authorities] have been gathering data manually on Covid deaths, it could have a difference of a few hundred but it can’t be in hundreds of thousands. This is completely baseless,” Samaa News quoted Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel as saying. (PTI)
New Delhi: A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing, at a school in New Delhi, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. So far, more than 3.01 crore (3,01,97,120) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Till now, 9,95,265 precaution doses have been administered to those aged 18-59 years, according to Health Ministry data.
As many as 11 students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Jharkhand’s Chatra district were tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, officials said on Friday. Eight girls of class 12 and two of class 11 were found to be afflicted with the disease on May 4, while another one tested positive for the virus on Thursday. “We were provided with the test report on May 4 in which 10 students were reported to be positive with Covid-19,” Arundhati Dutta, in charge of Kasturba Gandhi Residential schools in Chatra, told PTI.
India recorded 3,545 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare’s latest update. The active caseload presently stands at 19,688. Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
Over 90% Covid deaths went unreported? Why WHO data raises questions
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation Thursday raise several questions.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.
If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
WHO: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count
COVID COULD have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
In its report on excess deaths due to Covid, WHO said that an estimated 1.5 crore people are likely to have succumbed to the direct or indirect impact of the disease globally during the first two years of the pandemic — instead of the 54 lakh that have been recorded officially by countries separately.
For India, the WHO said about 8.3 lakh deaths are estimated to have happened in 2020 itself.
according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Karnataka reported 253 and 171 fresh Covid cases respectively on the day. While Maharashtra witnessed one death, Karnataka did not record any virus-related fatalities on Saturday.
Health ministers of different states who attended the 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) have slammed WHO for its estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to show the country in a poor light”. They said India has a robust, efficient and comprehensive system for registering deaths and all Covid fatalities are systematically recorded transparently following a legal process.
Coronavirus Live Updates: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count, says WHO
Gujarat on Sunday reported 37 COVID-19 cases, of which 34 were from Ahmedabad city alone, raising the state’s tally to 12,24,507, said a health department official.
The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,416, leaving the state with an active caseload of 147, he said.
The death toll stood unchanged at 10,944 as no fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he added.
Ahmedabad district led with 35 cases followed by one each in Jamnagar and Vadodara, the official informed.
A government release said 11,399 people were given COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Sunday, increasing the number of doses administered so far to 10.81 crore. –PTI
Punjab reported 23 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 7,59,905, according to a medical bulletin.
No covid-related death was reported in the past 24-hours and the death toll stands at 17,751, it said.
Of the new cases, Mohali registered 10 followed by seven in Ludhiana and two each in Fazilka and Patiala, it said.
There were 284 active cases in the state, it said.
Twenty-three patients recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries to 7,41,870, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh reported 11 new Covid cases, taking the total count to 92,147, the bulletin said, adding that the number of active cases was 78.
No covid-related death was reported in the city. The death toll stands at 1,165. –PTI
Delhi reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease on Sunday, while the positivity rate was recorded ta 5.34 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
A total of 26,647 Covid tests were conducted in the national capital on Saturday, it showed.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 infection tally rises to 18,94,254, while the death toll stands at 26,179, according to the bulletin.
The city reported 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.72 per cent and two deaths on Saturday.
It had on Friday logged 1,656 COVID-19 cases, the highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. –PTI
The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose by one to reach 4,76,061 on Sunday, health officials said.
The virus did not claim any life during the day, which kept the fatality count in the district unchanged at 8,899.
A total of 4,67,156 patients have recovered so far across Nashik.
At present six patients are undergoing treatment in the district, they said. –PTI
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
According to WHO, 8.3 lakh Covid-19 deaths happened in 2020 – the official Covid-19 toll for India for that year is 1.49 lakh. The government Thursday said that an estimated 81.2 lakh people died in the country that year due to all causes. This is consistent with past data that shows that, on an average, about 83.5 lakh people die in the country every year in the last decade and a half. (Read the full story here)
India recorded 3,451 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, taking the country’s total to over 4.30 crore, according Union Health Ministry. The active cases stood at 20,635 and constituted 0.05 per cent of total infections. With 3,079 recoveries reported, the recovery rate stood at 98.74 per cent.
Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported one COVID-19 case, taking the state’s tally to 11,52,306, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.
The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 0.03 per cent, while the recovery count increased by five to touch 11,38,234, leaving the state with 38 active cases, he said.
The lone case was recorded in Dhamtari, while 15 districts have no active case as on Saturday, he said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,41,661 on Saturday after the detection of 27 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735, an official said.
So far, 10,30,729 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with 197 active cases, he said. With 7,727 samples examined on Saturday, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,91,33,393, he added.
A government release said 11,77,86,415 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 54,714 during the day. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, increasing its tally to 12,24,470 and toll to 10,944, said a state health department official.
The recovery count increased by 19 to touch 12,13,401, leaving the state with an active caseload of 125, he said.
The lone death took place in Kheda district, while the cases comprised 19 in Ahmedabad, three in Vadodara and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana and Rajkot, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 10,60,606. while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563, a civic official said.
So far, 10,40,259 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 94 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 784, he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the caseload doubling time was 7,316 days and the overall growth rate of cases between April 30 and May 6 stood at 0.009 per cent. (PTI)
Chennai and neighbouring Chengalpet accounted for the majority of new COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as new cases rose to 89, including two returnees from Malaysia and Singapore, respectively, aggregating to 34,54,306, the health department said.
The death toll in the state stood at 38,025 as no fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said. Among those tested positive include 44 men and 45 women, it said.
As many as nine districts added the new cases with neighbouring Chengalpet leading with 42, Chennai 30, Kancheepuram five; Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirappalli, and Vellore adding two each while Cuddalore and Virudhunagar registered one case each. (PTI)
Delhi recorded 1,407 new Covid cases and two more fatalities, while the positivity rate dropped to 4.72 percent, according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday.
A total of 29,821 tests to detect coronavirus were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
Delhi recorded 1,656 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the infection on Friday, highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. (PTI)
Karnataka on Saturday reported 171 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,48,635 while there were zero fatalities, the health department said. In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while 121 people were discharged.
The state on Saturday conducted 15,647 tests including 11,520 RT-PCR tests. The majority of cases came from Bengaluru Urban district which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases.
There were 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one each in Dharwad, Udupi, Bengaluru Rural and Bidar. The department said 24 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities. The positivity rate for the day was 1.09 per cent. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 253 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 78,79,054 and the toll to 1,47,846, an official said.
So far, 77,29,931 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 136 in the past 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,277, he said.
Mumbai led with 172 cases, while the lone death was in Satara in Pune division, the official informed. State health department data showed the recovery rate was 98.11 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.86 per cent. (PTI)
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday raise several questions.
Odisha on Saturday recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,88,131, the health department said. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126, as no fresh fatalities due to coronavirus were reported.
The state had registered 14 new infections and zero death on Friday. Odisha now has 103 active coronavirus cases.
Altogether 12,78,849 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 10 on Friday. The department said 53 other coronavirus patients have also died due to comorbidities till date. (PTI)
Puducherry recorded three fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday raising the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 1,65,797, a senior government official said.
In a release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the health department tested 278 samples in the last 24 hours and three fresh cases surfaced during examination.
He said no patient recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours and there were eight active cases remaining in the UT. The overall recoveries were 1,63,827. (PTI)
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
“We [authorities] have been gathering data manually on Covid deaths, it could have a difference of a few hundred but it can’t be in hundreds of thousands. This is completely baseless,” Samaa News quoted Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel as saying. (PTI)
New Delhi: A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing, at a school in New Delhi, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. So far, more than 3.01 crore (3,01,97,120) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Till now, 9,95,265 precaution doses have been administered to those aged 18-59 years, according to Health Ministry data.
As many as 11 students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Jharkhand’s Chatra district were tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, officials said on Friday. Eight girls of class 12 and two of class 11 were found to be afflicted with the disease on May 4, while another one tested positive for the virus on Thursday. “We were provided with the test report on May 4 in which 10 students were reported to be positive with Covid-19,” Arundhati Dutta, in charge of Kasturba Gandhi Residential schools in Chatra, told PTI.
India recorded 3,545 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare’s latest update. The active caseload presently stands at 19,688. Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
Over 90% Covid deaths went unreported? Why WHO data raises questions
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation Thursday raise several questions.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.
If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
WHO: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count
COVID COULD have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
In its report on excess deaths due to Covid, WHO said that an estimated 1.5 crore people are likely to have succumbed to the direct or indirect impact of the disease globally during the first two years of the pandemic — instead of the 54 lakh that have been recorded officially by countries separately.
For India, the WHO said about 8.3 lakh deaths are estimated to have happened in 2020 itself.
according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Karnataka reported 253 and 171 fresh Covid cases respectively on the day. While Maharashtra witnessed one death, Karnataka did not record any virus-related fatalities on Saturday.
Health ministers of different states who attended the 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) have slammed WHO for its estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to show the country in a poor light”. They said India has a robust, efficient and comprehensive system for registering deaths and all Covid fatalities are systematically recorded transparently following a legal process.
Coronavirus Live Updates: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count, says WHO
Gujarat on Sunday reported 37 COVID-19 cases, of which 34 were from Ahmedabad city alone, raising the state’s tally to 12,24,507, said a health department official.
The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,416, leaving the state with an active caseload of 147, he said.
The death toll stood unchanged at 10,944 as no fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he added.
Ahmedabad district led with 35 cases followed by one each in Jamnagar and Vadodara, the official informed.
A government release said 11,399 people were given COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Sunday, increasing the number of doses administered so far to 10.81 crore. –PTI
Punjab reported 23 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 7,59,905, according to a medical bulletin.
No covid-related death was reported in the past 24-hours and the death toll stands at 17,751, it said.
Of the new cases, Mohali registered 10 followed by seven in Ludhiana and two each in Fazilka and Patiala, it said.
There were 284 active cases in the state, it said.
Twenty-three patients recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries to 7,41,870, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh reported 11 new Covid cases, taking the total count to 92,147, the bulletin said, adding that the number of active cases was 78.
No covid-related death was reported in the city. The death toll stands at 1,165. –PTI
Delhi reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease on Sunday, while the positivity rate was recorded ta 5.34 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
A total of 26,647 Covid tests were conducted in the national capital on Saturday, it showed.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 infection tally rises to 18,94,254, while the death toll stands at 26,179, according to the bulletin.
The city reported 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.72 per cent and two deaths on Saturday.
It had on Friday logged 1,656 COVID-19 cases, the highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. –PTI
The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose by one to reach 4,76,061 on Sunday, health officials said.
The virus did not claim any life during the day, which kept the fatality count in the district unchanged at 8,899.
A total of 4,67,156 patients have recovered so far across Nashik.
At present six patients are undergoing treatment in the district, they said. –PTI
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
According to WHO, 8.3 lakh Covid-19 deaths happened in 2020 – the official Covid-19 toll for India for that year is 1.49 lakh. The government Thursday said that an estimated 81.2 lakh people died in the country that year due to all causes. This is consistent with past data that shows that, on an average, about 83.5 lakh people die in the country every year in the last decade and a half. (Read the full story here)
India recorded 3,451 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, taking the country’s total to over 4.30 crore, according Union Health Ministry. The active cases stood at 20,635 and constituted 0.05 per cent of total infections. With 3,079 recoveries reported, the recovery rate stood at 98.74 per cent.
Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported one COVID-19 case, taking the state’s tally to 11,52,306, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.
The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 0.03 per cent, while the recovery count increased by five to touch 11,38,234, leaving the state with 38 active cases, he said.
The lone case was recorded in Dhamtari, while 15 districts have no active case as on Saturday, he said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,41,661 on Saturday after the detection of 27 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735, an official said.
So far, 10,30,729 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with 197 active cases, he said. With 7,727 samples examined on Saturday, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,91,33,393, he added.
A government release said 11,77,86,415 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 54,714 during the day. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, increasing its tally to 12,24,470 and toll to 10,944, said a state health department official.
The recovery count increased by 19 to touch 12,13,401, leaving the state with an active caseload of 125, he said.
The lone death took place in Kheda district, while the cases comprised 19 in Ahmedabad, three in Vadodara and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana and Rajkot, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 10,60,606. while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563, a civic official said.
So far, 10,40,259 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 94 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 784, he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the caseload doubling time was 7,316 days and the overall growth rate of cases between April 30 and May 6 stood at 0.009 per cent. (PTI)
Chennai and neighbouring Chengalpet accounted for the majority of new COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as new cases rose to 89, including two returnees from Malaysia and Singapore, respectively, aggregating to 34,54,306, the health department said.
The death toll in the state stood at 38,025 as no fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said. Among those tested positive include 44 men and 45 women, it said.
As many as nine districts added the new cases with neighbouring Chengalpet leading with 42, Chennai 30, Kancheepuram five; Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirappalli, and Vellore adding two each while Cuddalore and Virudhunagar registered one case each. (PTI)
Delhi recorded 1,407 new Covid cases and two more fatalities, while the positivity rate dropped to 4.72 percent, according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday.
A total of 29,821 tests to detect coronavirus were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
Delhi recorded 1,656 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the infection on Friday, highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. (PTI)
Karnataka on Saturday reported 171 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,48,635 while there were zero fatalities, the health department said. In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while 121 people were discharged.
The state on Saturday conducted 15,647 tests including 11,520 RT-PCR tests. The majority of cases came from Bengaluru Urban district which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases.
There were 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one each in Dharwad, Udupi, Bengaluru Rural and Bidar. The department said 24 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities. The positivity rate for the day was 1.09 per cent. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 253 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 78,79,054 and the toll to 1,47,846, an official said.
So far, 77,29,931 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 136 in the past 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,277, he said.
Mumbai led with 172 cases, while the lone death was in Satara in Pune division, the official informed. State health department data showed the recovery rate was 98.11 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.86 per cent. (PTI)
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday raise several questions.
Odisha on Saturday recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,88,131, the health department said. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126, as no fresh fatalities due to coronavirus were reported.
The state had registered 14 new infections and zero death on Friday. Odisha now has 103 active coronavirus cases.
Altogether 12,78,849 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 10 on Friday. The department said 53 other coronavirus patients have also died due to comorbidities till date. (PTI)
Puducherry recorded three fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday raising the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 1,65,797, a senior government official said.
In a release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the health department tested 278 samples in the last 24 hours and three fresh cases surfaced during examination.
He said no patient recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours and there were eight active cases remaining in the UT. The overall recoveries were 1,63,827. (PTI)
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
“We [authorities] have been gathering data manually on Covid deaths, it could have a difference of a few hundred but it can’t be in hundreds of thousands. This is completely baseless,” Samaa News quoted Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel as saying. (PTI)
New Delhi: A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing, at a school in New Delhi, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 190 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. So far, more than 3.01 crore (3,01,97,120) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Till now, 9,95,265 precaution doses have been administered to those aged 18-59 years, according to Health Ministry data.
As many as 11 students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Jharkhand’s Chatra district were tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, officials said on Friday. Eight girls of class 12 and two of class 11 were found to be afflicted with the disease on May 4, while another one tested positive for the virus on Thursday. “We were provided with the test report on May 4 in which 10 students were reported to be positive with Covid-19,” Arundhati Dutta, in charge of Kasturba Gandhi Residential schools in Chatra, told PTI.
India recorded 3,545 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare’s latest update. The active caseload presently stands at 19,688. Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
Over 90% Covid deaths went unreported? Why WHO data raises questions
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation Thursday raise several questions.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.
If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
WHO: 47.4 lakh India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count
COVID COULD have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020 and 2021, either directly due to infection or through its indirect impact, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The figure, disputed by India, is nearly ten times the country’s official Covid death toll of 4.81 lakh at the end of 2021.
In its report on excess deaths due to Covid, WHO said that an estimated 1.5 crore people are likely to have succumbed to the direct or indirect impact of the disease globally during the first two years of the pandemic — instead of the 54 lakh that have been recorded officially by countries separately.
For India, the WHO said about 8.3 lakh deaths are estimated to have happened in 2020 itself.
Gujarat on Sunday reported 37 COVID-19 cases, of which 34 were from Ahmedabad city alone, raising the state’s tally to 12,24,507, said a health department official.
The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,416, leaving the state with an active caseload of 147, he said.
The death toll stood unchanged at 10,944 as no fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he added.
Ahmedabad district led with 35 cases followed by one each in Jamnagar and Vadodara, the official informed.
A government release said 11,399 people were given COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Sunday, increasing the number of doses administered so far to 10.81 crore. –PTI
Punjab reported 23 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 7,59,905, according to a medical bulletin.
No covid-related death was reported in the past 24-hours and the death toll stands at 17,751, it said.
Of the new cases, Mohali registered 10 followed by seven in Ludhiana and two each in Fazilka and Patiala, it said.
There were 284 active cases in the state, it said.
Twenty-three patients recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries to 7,41,870, the bulletin said.
Chandigarh reported 11 new Covid cases, taking the total count to 92,147, the bulletin said, adding that the number of active cases was 78.
No covid-related death was reported in the city. The death toll stands at 1,165. –PTI
Delhi reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease on Sunday, while the positivity rate was recorded ta 5.34 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
A total of 26,647 Covid tests were conducted in the national capital on Saturday, it showed.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 infection tally rises to 18,94,254, while the death toll stands at 26,179, according to the bulletin.
The city reported 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.72 per cent and two deaths on Saturday.
It had on Friday logged 1,656 COVID-19 cases, the highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. –PTI
The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose by one to reach 4,76,061 on Sunday, health officials said.
The virus did not claim any life during the day, which kept the fatality count in the district unchanged at 8,899.
A total of 4,67,156 patients have recovered so far across Nashik.
At present six patients are undergoing treatment in the district, they said. –PTI
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
The WHO’s estimate of 47.4 lakh Covid-related deaths in India in 2020 and 2021 flies in the face of overall death data, historical trends in death reporting, and Covid death compensation claims from states.If, indeed, the WHO numbers are taken at face value, that would imply India missed 90 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths in the first two years of the pandemic – and possibly millions of deaths were not even recorded.
Significantly past data shows that India records over 90 per cent of all its deaths. Several population scientists The Indian Express has spoken to in the last few weeks said missing such a large number of deaths was “extremely unlikely”.
According to WHO, 8.3 lakh Covid-19 deaths happened in 2020 – the official Covid-19 toll for India for that year is 1.49 lakh. The government Thursday said that an estimated 81.2 lakh people died in the country that year due to all causes. This is consistent with past data that shows that, on an average, about 83.5 lakh people die in the country every year in the last decade and a half. (Read the full story here)
India recorded 3,451 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, taking the country’s total to over 4.30 crore, according Union Health Ministry. The active cases stood at 20,635 and constituted 0.05 per cent of total infections. With 3,079 recoveries reported, the recovery rate stood at 98.74 per cent.
Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported one COVID-19 case, taking the state’s tally to 11,52,306, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.
The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 0.03 per cent, while the recovery count increased by five to touch 11,38,234, leaving the state with 38 active cases, he said.
The lone case was recorded in Dhamtari, while 15 districts have no active case as on Saturday, he said. (PTI)
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,41,661 on Saturday after the detection of 27 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735, an official said.
So far, 10,30,729 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with 197 active cases, he said. With 7,727 samples examined on Saturday, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,91,33,393, he added.
A government release said 11,77,86,415 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 54,714 during the day. (PTI)
Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, increasing its tally to 12,24,470 and toll to 10,944, said a state health department official.
The recovery count increased by 19 to touch 12,13,401, leaving the state with an active caseload of 125, he said.
The lone death took place in Kheda district, while the cases comprised 19 in Ahmedabad, three in Vadodara and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana and Rajkot, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 10,60,606. while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563, a civic official said.
So far, 10,40,259 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 94 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 784, he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the caseload doubling time was 7,316 days and the overall growth rate of cases between April 30 and May 6 stood at 0.009 per cent. (PTI)
Chennai and neighbouring Chengalpet accounted for the majority of new COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as new cases rose to 89, including two returnees from Malaysia and Singapore, respectively, aggregating to 34,54,306, the health department said.
The death toll in the state stood at 38,025 as no fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said. Among those tested positive include 44 men and 45 women, it said.
As many as nine districts added the new cases with neighbouring Chengalpet leading with 42, Chennai 30, Kancheepuram five; Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirappalli, and Vellore adding two each while Cuddalore and Virudhunagar registered one case each. (PTI)
Delhi recorded 1,407 new Covid cases and two more fatalities, while the positivity rate dropped to 4.72 percent, according to data shared by the health department here on Saturday.
A total of 29,821 tests to detect coronavirus were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
Delhi recorded 1,656 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the infection on Friday, highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent. (PTI)
Karnataka on Saturday reported 171 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,48,635 while there were zero fatalities, the health department said. In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while 121 people were discharged.
The state on Saturday conducted 15,647 tests including 11,520 RT-PCR tests. The majority of cases came from Bengaluru Urban district which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases.
There were 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one each in Dharwad, Udupi, Bengaluru Rural and Bidar. The department said 24 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities. The positivity rate for the day was 1.09 per cent. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 253 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 78,79,054 and the toll to 1,47,846, an official said.
So far, 77,29,931 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 136 in the past 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,277, he said.
Mumbai led with 172 cases, while the lone death was in Satara in Pune division, the official informed. State health department data showed the recovery rate was 98.11 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.86 per cent. (PTI)
While there is little doubt that India’s official Covid-19 death toll is an undercount, as is the case with probably most other countries, the “excess mortality” figures released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday raise several questions.
Odisha on Saturday recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,88,131, the health department said. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126, as no fresh fatalities due to coronavirus were reported.
The state had registered 14 new infections and zero death on Friday. Odisha now has 103 active coronavirus cases.
Altogether 12,78,849 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 10 on Friday. The department said 53 other coronavirus patients have also died due to comorbidities till date. (PTI)
Puducherry recorded three fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday raising the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 1,65,797, a senior government official said.
In a release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the health department tested 278 samples in the last 24 hours and three fresh cases surfaced during examination.
He said no patient recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours and there were eight active cases remaining in the UT. The overall recoveries were 1,63,827. (PTI)
The Pakistani government has rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, questioning the United Nations body’s methodology to collect data and supposing an error in the software used to collate the numbers.
In a recent report, the WHO estimated there were 260,000 COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan — eight times the official figure. Official records state Pakistan had 30,369 COVID-19 deaths with over 1.5 million infections.
“We [authorities] have been gathering data manually on Covid deaths, it could have a difference of a few hundred but it can’t be in hundreds of thousands. This is completely baseless,” Samaa News quoted Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel as saying. (PTI)