On Thursday, the ministry highlighted that there was a decline in instances and positivity charges throughout all states. It stated the common day by day case within the final one week has stood at 96,392 instances.
Only Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka at the moment are reporting greater than 50,000 lively instances, it stated.
“When we take a look at the pandemic scenario, a combined image emerges. We additionally see optimism, as a result of the nation has been reporting lower than 1 lakh instances within the final 4 to 5 days,” Dr VK Paul, head of India’s Covid-19 job pressure stated.
“We are now reporting cases below the levels of the first surge peak,” he stated. “This pattern is consistent. Another good signal is that overall positivity is below 5 per cent. It is a signal that the overall pandemic situation is optimistic.”
Paul additionally highlighted that the contraction in new instances has been constant in the previous couple of days throughout the nation.
He stated additional contraction of the pandemic is seemingly constant as of now. “However, along with that, we also see areas and districts of concern,’ Paul said. “At the state level, some states are reporting high daily positivity: Kerala, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim.”
These, he added, are “points and data of concern”.
Paul, nevertheless, emphasised that the nation, which skilled a surge in instances fueled by the extremely infectious Omicron variant, continues to stay vigilant. “At the district stage, roughly 40 districts have proven a rise in weekly instances and positivity charge. And 200 districts have a positivity of 10 per cent. Therefore, the general image is optimistic.
“However, if we look at it closely, there are very critical problems of concern at the state and district levels. So we are passing through a transition towards improvement.”
However, he warned, “we cannot lower our guard”.
The Health Ministry stated that 433 districts within the nation at the moment are reporting a positivity charge under 5 per cent within the week ending February 9, in comparison with 268 districts within the week ending February 2
“Going into the future, this is not the end of the virus,” Paul stated. “This remains to be round on this planet, and the nation. The virus, being below strain, will attempt to emerge, fitter, in order that it might discover a approach to enhance exponentially. Therefore, the X-factor ought to all the time be in our minds. The world doesn’t know the whole lot about this virus.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
