Highlights
- Vaccines are disease modifying and not disease preventing: ICMR
- Very important to continue the use of masks even after vaccination: ICMR
- 41 districts reporting weekly COVID positivity rate of over 10%: Centre
New Delhi: The central government on Thursday (August 26) said the months of September and October will be crucial in pandemic management and cautioned that festivals should be celebrated in accordance with COVID-19-appropriate behaviour. Addressing a media briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reiterated that the country is still in the midst of the second wave. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said vaccines are disease modifying and not disease preventing so it is very important to continue the use of masks even after vaccination. Mr Bhushan said,
We are still in the midst of the second surge of COVID-19 in our country. The second surge has not yet concluded. It is not over and therefore, we have to maintain all necessary precautions, particularly in light of our experience that after every festival we see a spike.
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“The coming months of September and October are crucial for us because we would be celebrating a few festivals. Thus festivals have to be celebrated with Covid-appropriate behaviour,” he added.
The government said 41 districts in India were reporting a COVID-19 weekly positivity rate of more than 10 per cent. According to the government, 58.4 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases last week were reported from Kerala.
Kerala is the only state reporting over 1 lakh active COVID-19 cases, while four states have 10,000 to 1 lakh active cases and 31 states have less than 10,000 active cases, it said.
The government said over 400 evacuees were brought back from Afghanistan so far and that some of them have tested positive for COVID-19. The infected people have been isolated and are being treated. With 46,164 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,25,58,530, while the active cases rose to 3,33,725, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,36,365 with 607 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent, the ministry said.
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World
21,38,99,205Cases
17,76,47,182Active
3,17,88,440Recovered
44,63,583Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 195 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 21,38,99,205 and 44,63,583 have died; 17,76,47,182 are active cases and 3,17,88,440 have recovered as on August 26, 2021 at 3:55 am.
India
3,25,58,530 46,164Cases
3,33,725 11,398Active
3,17,88,440 34,159Recovered
4,36,365 607Deaths
In India, there are 3,25,58,530 confirmed cases including 4,36,365 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,33,725 and 3,17,88,440 have recovered as on August 26, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State Details
State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maharashtra |
64,37,680 5,031 |
53,695 435 |
62,47,414 4,380 |
1,36,571 216 |
Kerala |
38,83,429 31,445 |
1,70,829 10,959 |
36,92,628 20,271 |
19,972 215 |
Karnataka |
29,42,250 1,224 |
19,344 466 |
28,85,700 1,668 |
37,206 22 |
Tamil Nadu |
26,05,647 1,573 |
18,352 251 |
25,52,507 1,797 |
34,788 27 |
Andhra Pradesh |
20,06,191 1,601 |
14,061 384 |
19,78,364 1,201 |
13,766 16 |
Uttar Pradesh |
17,09,173 21 |
345 7 |
16,86,034 28 |
22,794 |
West Bengal |
15,44,817 708 |
9,185 32 |
15,17,239 730 |
18,393 10 |
Delhi |
14,37,550 65 |
389 22 |
14,12,081 86 |
25,080 1 |
Chhattisgarh |
10,04,282 52 |
627 26 |
9,90,100 78 |
13,555 |
Odisha |
10,03,210 887 |
7,558 97 |
9,88,090 721 |
7,562 69 |
Rajasthan |
9,54,048 8 |
121 7 |
9,44,973 15 |
8,954 |
Gujarat |
8,25,347 17 |
159 1 |
8,15,108 17 |
10,080 1 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,92,114 5 |
79 5 |
7,81,519 10 |
10,516 |
Haryana |
7,70,395 15 |
660 4 |
7,60,065 18 |
9,670 1 |
Bihar |
7,25,636 31 |
105 3 |
7,15,881 28 |
9,650 |
Telangana |
6,56,098 366 |
6,295 19 |
6,45,939 345 |
3,864 2 |
Punjab |
6,00,378 36 |
401 22 |
5,83,619 55 |
16,358 3 |
Assam |
5,86,378 689 |
8,006 1 |
5,72,765 681 |
5,607 7 |
Jharkhand |
3,47,763 8 |
140 13 |
3,42,491 21 |
5,132 |
Uttarakhand |
3,42,818 32 |
320 10 |
3,35,121 22 |
7,377 |
Jammu And Kashmir |
3,24,546 126 |
1,078 23 |
3,19,064 103 |
4,404 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2,12,458 198 |
2,058 4 |
2,06,821 193 |
3,579 1 |
Goa |
1,73,434 77 |
933 1 |
1,69,314 75 |
3,187 1 |
Puducherry |
1,23,078 71 |
760 5 |
1,20,509 76 |
1,809 |
Manipur |
1,11,975 377 |
3,572 38 |
1,06,640 411 |
1,763 4 |
Tripura |
82,498 114 |
1,164 51 |
80,541 61 |
793 2 |
Meghalaya |
74,586 354 |
2,815 5 |
70,479 352 |
1,292 7 |
Chandigarh |
65,071 2 |
36 1 |
64,223 1 |
812 |
Mizoram |
54,851 794 |
7,082 418 |
47,567 375 |
202 1 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
52,525 116 |
1,162 35 |
51,104 81 |
259 |
Nagaland |
29,718 49 |
871 17 |
28,235 65 |
612 1 |
Sikkim |
29,524 47 |
1,415 133 |
27,742 180 |
367 |
Ladakh |
20,515 15 |
64 9 |
20,244 6 |
207 |
Dadra And Nagar Haveli |
10,660 1 |
4 0 |
10,652 1 |
4 |
Lakshadweep |
10,327 9 |
33 5 |
10,243 4 |
51 |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
7,560 |
7 3 |
7,424 3 |
129 |