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Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, April 19
India’s apex medical research body ICMR on Monday shared data from hospitalised COVID patients during the first and the second wave of the pandemic, saying that there is no evidence of the younger population being at greater risk in the ongoing wave and that the proportion of death in the hospitalised patients also hasn’t changed between the two spells.
What has changed is more hospitalised patients (47.5 pc) reporting shortness of breath in the second wave than in the first (41.7 pc), significantly raising the requirement of supplemental oxygen in the country in the ongoing wave.
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The Maharashtra Health Department on Monday evening reported 51,751 new cases of Covid-19 in the state, taking the total number of active cases to 5,64,746. Pune district with 1,10,000 cases is highes
Ranchi: Even before the Election Commission of India had announced the April 17-Madhupur bypoll, all political parties had started routine election processes like cadre movement, campaigning and others. Along with the poll fever, the number of fresh cases also started rising in Deoghar district, which houses the assembly constituency, but experts believe the rise in cases is not related to the high-pitched election battle.
This is the third bypoll in the state during the pandemic. The earlier two Dumka and Bermo were held in November.
Although constituency-specific number of Covid infections is not available, going by the figures of Deoghar district, it is evident that the caseload increased substantially in March to reach 82 as against 44 cases recorded in February and 40 in January. In the first six days of April, the district has already recorded 120 fresh cases. During the same period, test figures have registered a regular dip. Against 22,091 tests conducted in January,
Even as Maharashtra Government is preparing for stricter pandemic restrictions, the state on Sunday reported 63,294 fresh cases of Covid-19. The total number of active cases in the state has risen to