COVID Raises Head Again In India And Globally

a slight increase in new COVID-19 cases has spurred the health department to issue a stay-at-home advisory for people who may be vulnerable to the infection.

In Gujarat’s Vadodra, for the first time after September 4, the city and district registered five new COVID-19 cases within 24 hours.

Karnataka has reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant AY.4, following which the state government is mulling to impose fresh guidelines.

Maharashtra recorded 1,485 new cases and 38 people died due to coronavirus for the second day in a row.

The Rajasthan government has expressed concern over the new COVID variant.

All over the world….

The Ukrainian capital Keiv will tighten lockdown restrictions due to a spike in coronavirus cases. As Russia reported record numbers of daily coronavirus cases and deaths, Moscow shut down non-essential services for 11 days to combat the surge in infections.

In China, where the COVID-19 infection first emerged- the third city went under lockdown to tackle COVID-19 numbers. The resurgence prompted officials this week to lock down Lanzhou city-with a population of over four million -and Ejin in the Inner Mongolia region.

Europe stood out as the only major region worldwide to report an increase in both coronavirus cases and deaths over the last week, with double-digit percentage increases in each, WHO said.

As for Asia, Singapore’s health ministry is looking into an “unusual surge” in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since the beginning of the pandemic.