‘No new deaths due to COVID-19 reported in 17 states, UTs in India’

Thirteen other states and UTs have reported between one and five new deaths due to the infection

The distribution of daily deaths among states and union territories in a span of 24 hours reflects a significant decline, with 17 of them not reporting any new COVID-19 fatality, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

A total of 17 states and union territories that have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours. These include Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Ladakh, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh and Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

While a total of 13 states and UTs have reported between one and five new deaths due to COVID-19.

Recoveries cross 1.06 cr
India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 1.06 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,00,625, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.32 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.

No case in Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh has not reported any fresh COVID-19 case on Saturday, a senior health official said.

The state’s caseload stands at 16,832, of which five are active cases, while 16,771 people have recovered from the disease and 56 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The recovery rate among the Coronavirus patients in the state stands at 99.63 per cent, he said.

Study of vaccinated people
Doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla will conduct a study on the impact of COVID-19 vaccines and how it helps the creation of antibodies after people were inoculated, officials said.

The study will be conducted in conjunction with scientists of Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar. The state health research committee has already given its nod for the research, which will be conducted for a period of 12 months, an official said.

The objective of the study is to observe seroconversion on the population, who have been vaccinated, to calculate the numbers of people required to be vaccinated for herd immunity, so that we will be able to control the pandemic, said Dr Sanjeeb Mishra, principal investigator of the study.

Seroconversion is the time period during which a specific antibody develops and becomes detectable in the blood. After seroconversion has occurred the antibodies can be detected in blood tests for the disease.

Mishra said, whenever a new vaccine is launched, Odisha gets it much later than other states of the country. However, the COVID-19 vaccine drive was launched throughout India in a single day allowing for this research here. It is a unique opportunity for us.

Bimal Panda, who is also nodal officer of the MRU, said, “This is the first indigenous research project of the MRU of VIMSAR. We have already started making our laboratory ready for the study.”

1,08,92,746
Total number of cases in the country as of Saturday

1,55,550
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India

1,06,00,625
Patients recovered and discharged in india as of Saturday

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