India COVID19 Update: 2,47,417 new cases of corona in the country in the last 24 hours, 13.11% infection rate, know latest updates
India COVID19 Update: The number of corona patients in the country is frightening. In the last 24 hours, 2,47,417 new cases of corona virus were reported while 84,825 recovered. The number of active cases is 11,17,531. The daily positivity rate is now 13.11 percent. At the same time, Omicron has a total of 5,488 cases. 380 patients of the Union Health Ministry have died. This took the death toll to 4,85,035.
PM Narendra Modi will hold meeting with Chief Ministers
In view of the increasing corona infection in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with all the Chief Ministers today (Thursday). This meeting will be held at 4.30 pm. It is being said that in this meeting, the strategy related to the spread and vaccination of Kovid-19 will be discussed.
Ministry warns on Omicron
The Health Ministry has said that Omicron is not a cold. Don’t take it lightly. Rapid antigen test should be done to identify this variant. Joint Secretary Luv Aggarwal said, under the new guideline, patients with mild symptoms can be discharged after 7 days of coming positive. Patients in whom oxygen level remained 93 percent for three days without oxygen support. They can also be given leave.
256 police personnel killed in Maharashtra
Corona is wreaking havoc in Maharashtra. So far 265 police personnel have died in the state due to Kovid-19. In which maximum 126 deaths occurred in Mumbai Police. At the same time, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that there is a shortage of covaxin in the state. We are getting calls from the district authorities in this regard. In the VC with the Union Health Minister, we have demanded 50 lakhs of Covishield and 40 lakhs of Covaxin. Here the Pune district administration has issued an order to restart Shivneri Jumbo Kovid Care Center and Avasari Kovid Care Center.