640 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in India and the number of patients under treatment has increased to 2,997.
According to the updated data from the Union Health Ministry, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 4.50 crore (4,50,07,212). Due to the death of one more patient due to infection in Kerala, the death toll has increased to 5,33,328.
According to the Health Ministry website, the number of people recovering from this disease has increased to 4,44,70,887. According to the data, the national recovery rate is 98.81 percent, while the death rate is 1.19 percent. According to the ministry’s website, so far 220.67 crore doses have been given in the country under the anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
Top officials of the Union Health Ministry have said that the deaths due to Covid-19 are mostly occurring among people suffering from serious diseases. He said the government has no plans yet to issue travel advisories or make testing mandatory at airports – as was done during the first Covid surge, when the number of cases started rising rapidly.
265 new patients in Kerala in 24 hours
265 new cases of corona virus infection have been reported in Kerala in the last 24 hours. At the same time, one patient died due to infection. The Union Health Ministry gave this information on Friday. According to the ministry’s website, till 8 am on Friday, a total of 328 cases of Covid-19 were reported across the country, of which 265 cases are from Kerala.
According to the ministry, the number of patients under treatment in the state has increased to 2,606. One patient died due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Kerala. With this, the number of deaths due to Corona virus infection in the state in the last three years increased to 72,060.
According to the State Health Ministry, during the last 24 hours, 275 patients became infection free or moved out of the state. Till now, a total of 68,37,689 patients have become infection free. State Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday said that despite the increase in Covid-19 cases in Kerala, there is no cause for concern as the state is well prepared to deal with the cases of infection.
965 cases of Covid in Singapore last week
Last week, 965 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in Singapore, whereas in the previous week there were 763 cases of infection. During this period, the number of patients admitted in ICU has increased from 23 to 32. Newspaper ‘Today’ reported in one of its news that this is the highest number of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital and ICU this year. The newspaper quoted experts as saying that most of the Covid-19 patients are new patients. Are infected with subtype JN.1.
He said that cases of Covid-19 have increased due to increasing cold in the Northern Hemisphere and people not wearing masks. Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said it was not yet clear from available international and domestic data whether BA.2.86 or JN.1 spread faster or make people more seriously ill.