India now has fifth highest
COVID19 fatalities in the world
Seven-day rolling average for daily cases crosses 50,000; new highs in A.P., U.P.
In a densely populated country like India, herd immunity
cannot be a strategic option
because this will come at a very high cost in terms of human lives lost and will cripple the health
care system,
the Union Health Ministry
said on Thursday.
“Herd immunity can only
be achieved through immunisation and till then COVID19 appropriate behaviour is the only way
forward,” said Rajesh Bhushan, Officer on Special Duty,
Health Ministry, at a press
conference.
Maharashtra tops chart
With 786 deaths registered
on Thursday, India’s death
toll reached 35,800. Maharashtra (266 deaths), Tamil
Nadu (100), Karnataka (83),
Andhra Pradesh (68) and Uttar Pradesh (57) contributed
to the bulk of the fatalities.
India now has the fifth
highest death toll in the
world, surpassing Italy with
35,132 deaths, according to
Johns Hopkins University’s
COVID19 tracker. The seven
day rolling average for
deaths in India is now 735,
next only to the U.S. (1,075)
and Brazil (1,052).
The case fatality rate in
the country is now 2.18%,
which is “among the lowest
in the world.. 24 States and
Union Territories have a lesser fatality rate than that of
the country,” according to
the Health Ministry OSD, Rajesh Bhushan.
As many as 54,660 confirmed cases were registered
across the country, marking
yet another high in daily cases (data from Tripura and
Arunachal Pradesh were not
available when this report
went to press). The sevenday rolling average for cases
also crossed the 50,000
mark. The total confirmed
cases went up to 16,38,951
with a 64.58% recovery rate
(10,58,464 people have recovered while 5,44,687 people
are actively infected).
“16 States have a recovery
rate more than the national
average,” Mr. Bhushan said.
Maharashtra and Andhra
Pradesh registered 11,147 and
10,167 cases each, both daily
highs. The latter had also
tested 70,068 samples on July 29, among the highest in
States.
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