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Since Wuhan outbreak, China’s daily Covid cases exceed 1,000

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The highly infectious Omicron variant has led to China’s daily Covid-19 caseload exceeding 1,000 for the first time in two years since the initial outbreak in Wuhan in Central China’s Hubei Province. The country reported 1,100 locally transmitted infections on Friday, data from the National Health Commission showed.

In less than a week, the tally has increased from just over 300 cases a day to 1,100 infections. A total of 397 local confirmed Covid cases and 703 local asymptomatic infections were reported on Thursday, National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday.

Covid-19 spread in the country’s biggest cities, including financial hub Shanghai makes it difficult to deploy the aggressive restrictions. The ‘Covid Zero’ strategy has helped keep China largely virus-free for much of the pandemic now.

China is seeing more people infected without obvious symptoms than those who are sick due to the virus. The main reasons for it is Omicron’s diminished virulence and China’s mass vaccination drive that has seen nearly 90% of its 1.4 billion people fully inoculated with locally-developed shots.

One-third of China’s vaccinated individuals have also taken the booster dose. The new data from China shows 703 cases that are asymptomatic. It has been two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the virus is changing all the time.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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