New cases of corona infection are increasing continuously in China. Meanwhile, the central government has instructed the states to be vigilant. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Health Secretaries of all states and union territories to follow a five-pronged strategy regarding Corona i.e. Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and COVID-19 Appropriate Practices. Emphasized.
2,388 new cases of corona in China
In China, 2,388 new cases of corona virus (COVID-19) epidemic have been reported. The National Health Commission has given this information on Friday. According to the National Commission, 1,834 new cases of local infection have been registered in Jilin province, 113 in Fujian, 74 in Guangdong and 61-61 in Tianjin and Shandong. He said the remaining cases were reported in the territories of 16 provinces, including Shanghai and Liaoning. According to the report of the commission, 73 cases of people coming from outside have been reported on Thursday.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to all the Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Health Secretaries of all the states and union territories with a five-pronged strategy i.e. Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and #COVID19 Emphasis on following proper behavior. pic.twitter.com/zFjOmbkTER
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2,528 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in India, 149 more people died
After 2,528 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in India in a day, the number of corona virus infected in the country increased to 4,30,04,005. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has come down to 29,181. According to the updated data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am on Friday, the death toll in the country rose to 5,16,281 after 149 more people died of infection. The number of patients under treatment for COVID-19 in the country has come down to 29,181, which is 0.07 percent of the total cases. In the last 24 hours, there has been a decrease in the number of patients under treatment by 1,618. According to the updated data, a total of 4,24,58,543 people have become infection free in the country so far and the death rate from COVID-19 is 1.20 percent. At the same time, more than 180.97 crore doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines have been given so far under the nationwide vaccination campaign.
180.97 crore vaccines were taken in covid vaccination
Under the National COVID Vaccination Campaign, more than 180.97 crore COVID vaccines have been administered across the country. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here on Friday that 180 crore 97 lakh 94 thousand 588 COVID vaccines have been administered till 7 am today. The ministry said that in the last 24 hours, two thousand 528 new patients of COVID infection have come to the fore. With this, the number of corona patients in the country has come down to 29 thousand 181. This is 0.07 percent of the infected cases. The daily infection rate has gone up to 0.40 percent.
According to the ministry, three thousand 997 people have been freed from COVID in the same period. So far, a total of four crore 24 lakh 58 thousand 543 people have recovered from COVID. The recovery rate is 98.73 percent. Six lakh 33 thousand 867 COVID tests have been conducted in the country in the last 24 hours. A total of more than 78.18 crore COVID tests have been conducted in the country so far.