India recorded 50,040 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare informed on Sunday in its daily bulletin – a slight increase from its spike of 48,698 new cases a day ago.
As many as 1,258 new fatalities were also recorded in the same duration, which has now pushed the country’s death toll up to 395,751, the grim milestone of 400,000 in the offing.
The number of active Covid-19 cases in India has declined to 586,403 or 1.97% of the total cases. As many as 29,251,029 patients have been cured of Covid-19 till now, with 57,944 of them being discharged in the last 24 hours alone.
The third wave of Covid-19 could occur but it may not be as severe as the second wave, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study revealed. In Tamil Nadu, a total of nine Delta Plus variant cases have been reported, said the State Health Minister Ma Subramanian.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed Indian Journal of Medical Research. “This study demonstrates plausible mechanisms by which a substantial third wave could occur, while also illustrating that it is unlikely for any such resurgence to be as large as the second wave,” the study said. However, the researchers also noted that the projections were subject to uncertainties and scaling up vaccinations is the only way to ‘mitigate against any eventuality’.
