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Covid-19 cases drop below 1 lakh mark in India

Covid-19 third wave in India seems to have weakened with fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours dropping below one lakh mark for the first time, after almost a month.

The Covid cases had begun to show a significant rise following the emergence of the Omicron variant last year. Daily cases began rising by December-end and breached the 1-lakh mark on January 7 when 1,17,100 fresh infections were reported.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha on February 4, 2022, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated that "an upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country was observed by the end of December 2021, which was primarily driven by the Omicron variant".


The peak of the current surge was recorded on January 21, 2022, when 3,47,254 new cases were recorded in 24 hours.


On the vaccination front, India administered more than 14.70 lakh doses (14,70,053) of Covid vaccine doses in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the Central government told the Supreme Court on February 7 that submitting Aadhaar card details is not a mandatory pre-condition on the CoWin portal for the Covid-19 vaccination.

(ANI)

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