Tribune News Service
New Delhi, 20 January
An analysis by the Ministry of Health has revealed that the COVID mortality rate during the ongoing third wave is significantly lower than the second due to higher levels of vaccines in the population.
A study of active cases and hospitalizations in New Delhi further showed that the ongoing omicron-induced wave did not significantly increase the number of beds spent during the 20 days of January.
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- According to the new norms of the Health Ministry, there should be no mask for children below 5 years
- People aged 6-11 years may wear a mask depending on their ability to handle it or under the supervision of elders
- Mask mandatory for children above 12 years of age
Hospitalizations in the national capital ranged between 1,618 on January 9, when active cases stood at 60,733 and 2,624, while active cases stood at 75,282.
On January 13, when Delhi recorded 94,160 peak active cases, 2,369 were hospitalised. A comparison of the ministry’s second and third wave shows that as of April 30, 2021, there were 3,86,452 new cases, 3,059 deaths and 31,70,228 active cases, of which only 2 per cent of adults were fully vaccinated. But today, there are 3,17,532 new cases, 380 deaths, 19,24,051 active cases and the proportion of fully immunized is 72 per cent. Balram Bhargava, head of ICMR, said, “With the vaccine volume being high, we are not seeing serious illness and death in the current surge.”
NITI Aayog Member (Health) VK Paul said that India had low covid mortality due to high immunization – 94 pc of adults have received at least one dose and 72 per cent of both doses India has achieved more than 160 crore shots. crossed the stone. More than 52 per cent of children in the age group of 15 to 18 years (3.84 crore) have received the first dose.
Paul said 65 million Indians are still overdue for a second dose and vaccines should be accepted with data that clearly show that vaccines have saved lives.