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On Saturday, Delhi recorded 491 new COVID-19 cases and 2 fatalities in the previous 24 hours.

The city has 1,894 active cases, according to the Delhi government health bulletin, and the daily positive rate is 3.48 percent. According to the news, 605 people recovered in the previous 24 hours, bringing the overall number of recoveries from the pandemic to 19,43,517.

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According to the notice, 39,304,228 coronavirus tests have been performed thus far.

It said that 31,641 doses of COVID vaccinations were provided in the past 24 hours, with 2931 recipients receiving their first dose and 6281 receiving their second dose.

According to the report, 22429 beneficiaries were vaccinated with a prophylactic dosage in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 18,89,667.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, India reported 20,044 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, breaking the 20,000 milestone for the third consecutive day.

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According to a New York Post story, China has been concealing up illnesses within the country for a long time and has contributed to the spread of four pandemics throughout the world.

In 1957, an outbreak of the fatal Asian flu was recorded in some places of Singapore and Hong Kong, but it eventually spread around the world. Although China did not have a part in the genesis of this lethal influenza, the nation did play a role in its spread, according to the journal.

The outbreak was initially recorded in China’s Guizhou province in early 1957, and it eventually expanded to other regions of the nation.

Despite claiming tens of thousands of deaths, officials kept the outbreak secret.

Infected people travelled from China to Hong Kong and Singapore, causing the flu to spread internationally and kill almost one million people in two years.

In 1968, the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce reported on the Hong Kong flu. Members of the chamber were aware that an epidemic was growing in China, but the Chinese government did not inform the rest of the world, allowing it to spread internationally and kill another million people.

In 2002, the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak came out. Patient Zero was a snake vendor in China’s Guangdong province who died suddenly.

Hundreds of more cases were reportedly reported in the country, but officials concealed about the sickness for months, blaming “outside forces” for a “bioterrorist” strike.

The epidemic was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2003. However, the Canadian security agencies had noticed and publicly reported the spread in China.

SARS, a viral respiratory infection caused by a coronavirus, killed 11% of those affected.

If China had not announced the flu’s presence, it may have killed tens of millions of people globally. SARS was very contagious, yet it did not spread through the air. In June 2003, just 8,469 instances were recorded.

While the globe has been dealing with the coronavirus epidemic for the past two years, many people still assume it started in China.

People who previously believed the outbreak started in a bat cave, including World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, now believe the consensus of covid originating in China’s Wuhan facility, according to the article.

A World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group’s early examination into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus showed that the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, had a significant role in the pandemic’s amplification.

At this moment, epidemiology and sequencing data imply that SARS-CoV-2 ancestor strains are zoonotic, with the closest genetically related viruses being beta coronaviruses discovered in Rhinolophus bats in China in 2013 (96.1 pc) and Laos in 2020. (96.8 pc).

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Early studies revealed that the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan had a crucial early role in the pandemic’s amplification, with numerous cases first diagnosed in December 2019 having a relation to the market and environmental samples from the market testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. However, further research is required to fill many information gaps.

According to the opinion post, the Wuhan Institute of Virology is perhaps already genetically developing new “unrestricted bioweapons,” and that another pandemic from China is soon to attack us again.

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India records 16,135 new Covid cases, bringing the total number of current cases to 113,864.

India reported a rise of 2,153 active coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 113,864. In terms of active cases, the country ranks twenty-fourth in the world.

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It added 16,135 cases on July 4th, bringing its total caseload to 43,518,564. With 24 more fatalities, the Covid-19 mortality toll has risen to 525,223, or 1.21 percent of all verified cases.

Covid vaccines

On July 3, 178,383 more Covid-19 vaccine doses were provided, bringing India’s total number of vaccine injections to 1,979,821,197. Meanwhile, the overall number of recovered coronavirus cases in India has reached 42,879,477 — or 98.53 percent of the total caseload — with 13,958 additional cured cases recorded on July 4.

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According to the health ministry dashboard, India’s daily Covid tally increased again on Monday, with 17,073 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 4,34,07,046. In the previous 24 hours, 21 additional individuals died and 15,208 recovered from the infection. With this, the total number of fatalities and recoveries is 5,25,020 and 4,27,87,606. The number of active cases in the country has risen to 94,420, accounting for 0.21 percent of all cases. Monday’s instances represent a 45 percent increase over Sunday’s total of 11,739 persons who tested positive for Covid. On the other side, 25 people died and 10,917 people were rescued on this day.

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Previously, the country’s daily tally surpassed 17,000 on June 24 with 17,336, the greatest single-day increase since February 20.

Covid pandemic updates:

1. Maharashtra had a significant increase in the number of new illnesses recorded, with 6,493 new infections reported. The state has the most instances overall in the country. (more than 79 lakh)

2. Cases in Delhi increased again further on Sunday, with 1,891 infections registered compared to 666 infections the day before.

3. Kerala is another state where the increase in instances has been concerning.

4. According to the Union Health Ministry, India’s overall Covid recovery rate is 98.57 percent.

5. The daily and weekly positive rates are 5.62 percent and 3.39 percent, respectively, according to the government.

As India experiences an increase in COVID-19 cases, Dr SP Byotra, Vice Chairman of Sir Gangaram Hospital, stated that some patients have “long COVID” and that only time would tell how long their symptoms such as respiratory issues, weariness, exhaustion, and cardiac problems will last. “COVID-19 instances are increasing because individuals are not following COVID-19 suitable behaviour,” Dr. Byotra noted. People are seeing that COVID-19 instances are increasing at all hours of the day and night.”

“We have some people who have lengthy COVID,” he added. They still have respiratory issues, fatigue, weariness, and cardiac difficulties, and only time can tell how long their problems will last.”

“There are other reasons for the increase, including not wearing masks, attending parties, and travelling to market locations without masks. Nobody is adhering to social separation. People are travelling and returning with COVID-19,” he mentioned.

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“One positive development is that more than 95 percent of individuals in our country have received COVID-19 immunisation. Those who have not had a vaccination, on the other hand, are at high risk, and persons with comorbidities, such as diabetes, cancer, liver, heart failure, or a liver transplant, are being hospitalised. They are more likely to become infected,” he stated.

Covid symptoms

According to Dr. Byotra, the majority of cases have modest symptoms, however patients with comorbidities require hospitalisation. “Most of the time, we advise COVID-19 patients online and give drugs. When they exhibit symptoms like as coughing or fever, we do an RTPCR. However, if a patient has comorbidities, hospitalisation may be required.”

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