India reported 34,457 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, with 375 people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry.
mississippi, thank you so much. here with us is someone who has experienced firsthand the strain that health care workers are feeling in areas where covid cases and hospitalizations are surging. dr. mark kline is with us now. he s the physician in chief at children s hospital in new orleans. dr. kline, we appreciate you sharing part of your saturday with us. you ve said the covid positivity rate for children has risen in recent weeks with some kids needing to be hospitalized. a few even in the icu. this virus typically doesn t harm young kids, so what s going on? why is this happening? boris, this delta variant really has been a game-changer. we re seeing far more infections than we have in the past in children. within the past week, about 100,000 children were newly diagnosed with covid-19 nationally. 6,000 here in louisiana alone. and hospitalizations for children are at an all-time high. there are about 2,000 children
Andhra Pradesh health officials informed AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy that there is a sharp decline in the number of Covid cases and said there are 18,882 active cases with daily positivity rate of 2.29 percent and recovery rate 98.37 percent. They said the positivity rate is less than three percent in 10 districts, less than five percent in two districts and more