Omicron Coronavirus Live Updates: DCGI Approves Biological E’s Vaccine For 12-18 Year Old Children
Follow the latest updates on the Omicron variant, coronavirus pandemic and vaccination stats in India here.
Kerala Adds Over 4,000 Fresh Cases, 11 Deaths
Kerala added 4,069 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, ANI reported.
76 deaths which were not added due to lack of documents & 41 deaths as per new guidelines of central govt have been added, taking the total death toll to 64,273.
Active cases stand at 58,932.
Karnataka Adds Over 670 Fresh Cases, 21 Deaths
Karnataka added 679 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 21 death in the last 24 hours, ANI reported
Active cases stand at 11,360.
Mumbai Adds Over 90 Fresh Cases, 1 Death
Mumbai added 96 fresh cases of Covid-19 and one death in the last 24 hours.
Active cases stand at 1,415.
Himachal Pradesh Adds Over 140 Fresh Cases, 1 Death
Himachal Pradesh added 144 fresh cases of Covid-19 and one death in the last 24 hours, ANI reported.
Active cases stand at 1,630.
Biological E's Corbevax Receives Approval For 12-18 Year Old Children
Biological E's Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax received emergency use approval from Drugs Controller General of India for children between 12-18 years of age, the company said in a statement.
DCGI had approved Corbevax for adults in December 2019.
Daily recoveries from Covid-19 fell for the fifth straight day but beat fresh additions, reducing the active tally, as the third wave triggered by the Omicron recedes.
Less than 17,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update at 8 a.m. on Feb. 21. New cases dropped for the fourth straight day.
Single-day recoveries have been beating fresh infections for nearly a month.
Key Figures
Total confirmed cases: 4,28,38,524
Total number of active cases: 2,02,131
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 4,21,24,284
Total deaths: 5,12,109
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 16,051
One-day recoveries: 37,901
One-day deaths: 206
Active cases now account for 0.47% of the total count, while recoveries form 98.33%.
Daily positivity rate stands at 1.93%.
Weekly positivity rate is at 2.12%.