India sees nearly 23k new covid cases for 1st time in 2021
News Network
March 11, 2021
New Delhi, Mar 11: India recorded 22,854 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around two-and-half-months, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
This is the first time in this year that the country saw a daily Covid-19 spike of over 22,000 cases.
The death toll increased to 1,58,189 with 126 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The total active cases have increased to 1,89,226 which now comprises 1.68 per cent of the total infections.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease climbed to 1,09,38,146 which translates to a national Covid-19 recovery rate of 96.92 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.40 per cent, the data stated.
World won’t finish with covid-19 by end-2021: WHO
Agencies
March 2, 2021
Geneva, Mar 2: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it is unrealistic to expect the COVID-19 pandemic to be over by the end of 2021. I think it will be very premature, and I think unrealistic, to think that we re going to finish with this virus by the end of the year, Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO s Health Emergencies Program, said at a press conference here on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. But I think what we can, if we re smart, finish with the hospitalizations, the deaths and the tragedy associated with this pandemic, he said.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States.
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