Ladakh’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 27,801 on Sunday as 55 more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said. There are 398 active cases in the Union Territory, of which 325 are in Leh district and 60 in Kargil district, the officials said. According to the officials, the COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 228 with 168 fatalities in Leh and 60 in Kargil. Of the new cases, 50 were detected in Leh and five in Kargil, while 62 patients– 45 in Leh and 17 in Kargil were discharged after undergoing successful treatment, the officials said. They said the total number of recoveries has increased to 27,175. PTI
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The threats of the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant looms large as experts say it may possess certain features that not only make it more transmissible, but also more capable of causing severe disease.
Maria Van Kerkhova, COVID-19 Technical Lead at WHO, however, has noted that the BA.2 sub-variant is more transmissible than BA.1, there is no difference in severity.
This comes at a time when several countries are lifting restrictions as the recent wave of infections driven by Omicron appears to be waning.
Over 75,000 COVID-related fatalities and over 16 million new Covid-19 cases were reported in a single week globally, WHO said. The number of deaths rose by 38% in the Middle East and by about one-third in the Western Pacific. The UN health agency has pointed out include – getting vaccinated, keeping a safe distance and avoiding crowds, wearing well-fitted masks, keeping indoor spaces ventilated, cleaning hands often, and covering your face while coughing or sneezing.
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Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: 71 new COVID-19 cases in Thane, 1 death
With the addition of 71 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 7,07,788, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 11,862, an official said on Sunday. These new cases and death were reported on Saturday, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent. In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,63,291 and the death toll has reached 3,391, another official said. PTI
