8 states account for 85% new cases as 2nd Covid wave threatens
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Wed, Mar 17 2021 13:27 IST |
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New Delhi, March 17 : A year after the Covid-19 outbreak and two months, which recorded a sharp decline in cases across the country, the pandemic is rearing its head again.
Initially, it appeared that the infection was only picking up in Maharashtra and Punjab, which accounted for a large majority of Covid-19 cases. However, according to data, eight states account for a majority of daily Covid-19 cases, close to 85 per cent, indicating at strong resurgence of second wave of infections in India.
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UP Health Minister has said that the COVID-19 situation is not as alarming in the state as in other parts of the country
No night curfew or lockdown is needed in UP, the Minister said
Lucknow: Despite a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases across the country, the Yogi Adityanath government has ruled out any night curfew and lockdown in any part of Uttar Pradesh.
UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh said that the government machinery is concentrating more on the preventive steps like focus and contact/target testing to arrest the cases before it takes an alarming proposition.
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COVID-19: Gardens, parks in Ahmedabad to be closed from tomorrow ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 15:56 IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 17 (ANI): In the wake of increasing cases of COVID-19, all gardens and parks in Gujarat s Ahmedabad including Kankaria Lake and Zoo will be closed from Thursday till further orders.
According to an official statement, all gardens and parks in Ahmedabad will be closed from tomorrow till further orders due to increasing cases of coronavirus. Kankaria Lake and Zoo will also be closed.
To contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat government yesterday decided to implement a night curfew in four metros Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot till March 31.
Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 11:22 IST
The total number of positive cases stands at 1,14,09,831, including 1,10,27,543 recoveries. File image | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: As many as 24,492 new COVID-19 cases and 131 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to 2,23,432, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Tuesday.
With this, the total number of positive cases stands at 1,14,09,831, including 1,10,27,543 recoveries.
So far, 1,58,856 lives have been claimed by the coronavirus in the country.
As many as 3,29,47,432 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the country so far.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 22,82,80,763 samples have been tested up to March 15, including 8,73,350 samples tested on March 15.