Coronavirus: India records 1.5 Lakh new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

 The News Cover: India covid 19 updates signaling a receding second wave India, has reported its lowest daily rise in covid cases. in nearly 58 days in the lowest spike in daily infection. since April 9 India has logged in more than 150 thousand new covid cases. the six most affected states by, the local total cases are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh, the daily death, toll continues to remain above the three marks however 3128 new deaths have been reported in a single day. due to covid 19. the recovery rate however has increased to above 91 percent. 

which is good news, the weekly positivity rate, and daily positivity rate both remain in the single-digit category currently slightly above nine percent. the positivity rate has remained below ten percent for the seventh consecutive day. fails of a possible third covid 19 wave are also running deep across certain states in fact in Maharashtra. as Ahmednagar city, authorities have been alarmed as more than 8000 children have been infected with the virus this month. 

the cases account for about 10 percent, of the cases in the district and now additional steps are being devised to minimize. the impact of a possible third wave, that may affect children more so as to avoid any shortage of beds, and oxygen, the administration is reaching out to pediatricians to make sure. that they are prepared for the third wave experts to have warned that a possible third wave could hit at the end of July or early August.

COVID-19: Black fungal infections on a rise in India

 The News Cover: India continues to battle, the devastating second wave of coronavirus pandemic last 24 hours India has recorded over 3,26,000 new covid cases. india's daily surgeon infections over the last week this is perhaps the lowest caseload in a fortnight, while the numbers have dropped over the last week. the situation remains grim as the virus continues to rip through rural India. has reported over 30,03,800 covid related tests in the last 24 hours pushing the national death toll above 2,66,000 this for the first time in three days.

 that India has reported less than 4,000 deaths in a single day. state governments have been increasingly using lockdowns. as a way to control the surge of Maharashtra, and Delhi, the two states with the longest and strictest lockdowns. a decline in positivity rates Maharashtra has extended its lockdown till the 1st of June. in New Delhi, the ongoing lockdown has been extended till May 17th. this was the first time in a month when the national capital reported less than 10,000 fresh cases. the recent surge of new infections has left the health care system, on the brink of collapse states are reporting a shortage of oxygen, ventilators, and other medical supplies, needed to tackle the crisis. 

but even with the numbers dropped, in some states cases. are now actively rising in Tamil Nadu, and other states. eleven states currently have over one hundred thousand active cases. while eight of them have between fifty thousand, and one hundred thousand India's joint health secretary pointed out. that the cases in Maharashtra up gujard and Chattisgarh, are now falling remember these are states that were driving India's second wave, he added that India's positivity rate has fallen from 22 percent last week. 

to 19.8 percent now also at the press conference was ames director randip guleria he addressed. the recent surge in black fungus infections across india guleria flagged the misuse of steroids as a major cause of this infection he urged physicians across the country. to be more careful while using these drugs remember black fungus infections have been reported in hospitals across India. they are common in immunocompromised patients and the second wave has seen a rise of these infections and covered 19 survivors.

Maharashtra Stops Vaccination for 18-44 Age Group

The News Cover: On 11th May 2021, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said people in the 18-44 age group will have to be patient and wait as now the government will focus on those over 45. This is because if vaccination continues for 18-44 age group, there will be none remaining for those above 45. This is why 18-44 years will have to wait while we vaccinate those above 45. 

He said a discussion is on with the CM Uddhav Thackeray on getting more vaccines. Aaditya Thackeray said, Like other states even Maharashtra is scrambling and struggling for vaccines. We are looking at the possibility of globally procuring vaccines to meet the shortage. If we can do that, we have a roadmap to vaccinate the people of Mumbai within three weeks." Aditya also said that, earlier when we had stock very few got vaccinated because of their doubts.

 Now people are eager to get the 1st & 2nd dose of the vaccine because they want to reduce the number of infections and go back to pre-COVID life. With this mentality, it would be possible to vaccinate everyone. Uddhav Thackeray has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide an alternate vaccine registeration APP instead of the Co-WIN website. As it is difficult to book a slot on the Co-WIN website. This is why he requested another APP to make registeration easy.