India on Saturday morning recorded 29,616 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 3,36,24,419 since the ...
India on Saturday morning recorded 29,616 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 3,36,24,419 since the pandemic broke out in January last year.
The number of new cases was 5.6% fewer than Friday’s infection count of 31,382.
The country’s Covid-19 toll rose to 4,46,658 as 290 patients died in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases increased by 1,280 to 3,00,162.
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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research on Friday said that the third wave of the coronavirus would have low intensity in its impact on the population as a large section has been inoculated with either the first or second dose, according to ANI.
The research body’s Director General Dr Shekhar C Mande said that continued vaccinations would ensure that the disease is largely prevented.
“If [a person] tested positive after being jabbed, the severity of Covid-19 is also reduced,” he told ANI. “Even if the third wave comes, then the intensity will be low and much less than compared to the second wave.”
As of Saturday moring, India had vaccinated 84.89 crore people.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka government on Friday decided to allow 100% occupancy at cinema halls from October 1 at districts that have less than 1% positivity rate, PTI reported.
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