Coronavirus India Updates: Active Cases Decline; Daily Fatalities Lowest In 10 Months
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India’s active cases of Covid-19 declined for the first time in a week, at a time the country’s vaccination drive is picking up momentum.
Authorities detected nearly 15, 400 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on March 9. That’s lower than the 16,600 recoveries during the period, taking active cases marginally lower to 1.87 lakh.
Daily fatalities related to Covid-19, too, dropped to 77, the lowest in 10 months.
Key Figures:
- Total confirmed Covid-19 cases: 1,12,44,786
- Active cases: 1,87,462
- Cured/discharged/migrated: 1,08,99,394
- Deaths: 1,57,930
- Total Vaccinations: 2,30,08,733
- Fresh cases in the last 24 hours: 15,388
- One-day recoveries: 16,596
- One-day deaths: 77
Global Update
U.S. coronavirus cases posted the slowest spread since the pandemic began almost a year ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people can visit indoors without masks. U.K. variant found in more Houston wastewater.
Global herd immunity against Covid-19 could be reached next year, Melinda Gates said in a CNBC interview. The European Commission is “tired of being the scapegoat” for the slow rollout of vaccines, said its president, Ursula von der Leyen. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said more than one-third of the population has received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as deaths from the disease continue to fall.
Globally, Covid-19 cases topped 117 million with nearly 2.6 million having succumbed to the infection. More than 312 million shots have been given worldwide.