Coronavirus Third Wave India Live Update, Coronavirus Statistics India August 9 Live News: Even as India is bracing for a attainable Covid-19 third wave, the nation witnessed a 4% decline in the quantity of Coronavirus circumstances for the week ended August 8. According to the information from the Union Health Ministry, the sharp decline in Covid-19 circumstances in quite a few northeastern states is the cause for this. Kerala, till now a concern for its Covid-19 surge, has witnessed a sign of plateauing in the Covid-19 surge last week. The southern state has reported a marginal improve of 1% in the quantity of circumstances more than the prior week. The state will reopen all the tourist destinations from today (August 9). It has permitted folks to remain at hotels and resorts who have taken at least one vaccine.
In the meanwhile, the vaccine vaccination drive in the nation has picked up in August. According to Health Ministry information, the day-to-day typical has gone up to 51.45lakh doses throughout the 7-day period of July 31-August 6 from the 48.26 lakh doses in the prior week. On August 7, India’s cumulative vaccine coverage crossed the 50-crore mark, the second-highest just after China. In a different positive development, an ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) study says the mixing of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines elicits improved immune protection.
In the meanwhile, quite a few states/UTs have announced the reopening of schools for offline classes as the Covid-19 scenario in the nation improves. The Delhi government has permitted schools to reopen for classes X to XII. Maharashtra has announced the reopening of physical classes in schools in each rural and urban locations from August 17. The Uttar Pradesh government had announced to reopen schools for intermediate students from August 16. Schools across Odisha had reopened for students of classes 10-12 on July 26 just after a gap of more than 3 months. Northeastern state Meghalaya is searching to reopen educational institutions just after mid-August. The Karnataka to resume offline classes for students of Class 9-10, and for pre-university college students from August 23.
With improvement in the Covid scenario, the Maharashtra government has also permitted totally vaccinated citizens of Mumbai to travel in nearby trains from August 15.
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