Covid-19 update: India's active cases cross 1.5 lakh-mark, 67 deaths reported in 24 hours
Health Ministry data revealed. The active cases in the country stands at 1,50,100 on Saturday and the daily positivity rate at 4.46%, the Health Ministry data further revealed.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was told Friday that the Covid-19 case trajectory in some states is witnessing an upward trend since May but hospitalisation and death rates are low which can be attributed to immunisation efforts across India.
Responding to whether the government has been conducting any study to find out the reasons for such a rise in cases, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said such "waxing and waning course of infection trajectory are not unusual for pandemics due to novel pathogens." Pawar further informed that a number of factors, including unexposed and immunocompromised population, change in virus characteristics and waning immunity, tend to contribute to such phenomenon. "The current surge is associated with a lower rate of hospitalisation and deaths, which may be attributed to considerable efforts made towards Covid-19 immunization across the country," Pawar said in her written reply.
Notably, as of July 19, 2022, a total of 200.34 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries above 12 years of age.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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