COVID-19: India reports 1,542 fresh cases in past 24 hours; Health Minister Mandaviya to review situation

Image Source : PTI/ REPRESENTATIONAL (FILE). The government will review the Covid situation to chalk out a plan for the road ahead

COVID-19 Update: India reported 1,542 fresh Covid positive cases in the past 24 hours which took total active cases to 26,449 with 0.68% positivity rate on Tuesday.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review on Tuesday the coronavirus situation in the country and the ongoing vaccination drive to decide on the future course of actions, official sources said.

The minister will also review the COVID-19-appropriate behaviour and protocol, the sources said on Sunday. The meeting will be attended by top officials, including Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Department of Biotechnology Secretary Rajesh S Gokhale, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Rajiv Bahl, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, and Chairperson of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) N K Arora.

The Health Ministry has decided against procuring more Covid vaccines as of now and has surrendered Rs 4,237 crore, or nearly 85 per cent of the 2022-23 budget allocation for inoculation purposes, to the Finance Ministry.

According to official sources, around 1.8 crore doses are still available with the governments at the Centre and in states and the stock is sufficient to continue the vaccination drive for around six months, given the low uptake of vaccines among people due to declining Covid case burden.

The cumulative Covid vaccine doses administered in the country have crossed 219.33 crore. Official sources said 98 per cent of India's adult population have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 92 per cent have been fully vaccinated.

Also, 83.7 per cent of adolescents aged 15 to 18 years have been vaccinated with the first dose since the vaccination for this age group began on January 3, while 72 per cent have got both the first and second doses.

In the age-group of 12-14 years, 87.3 per cent have been administered the first dose while 68.1 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Of the total eligible target population of 18 years and above, a little over 27 per cent have been administered precaution doses so far.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases		Cured/Discharged/Migrated		Deaths
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8	1	10590	1	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	144	8	2323806	12	14733
3	Arunachal Pradesh	6		66565	1	296
4	Assam	2707	26	735176	32	8035
5	Bihar	191	13	838422	12	12302
6	Chandigarh	26	2	98063	3	1181
7	Chhattisgarh	404	19	1162624	74	14139
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	1		11583		4
9	Delhi	429	49	1978028	110	26506
10	Goa*	153	8	254373	7	3967
11	Gujarat	685	33	1264402	79	11038	1
12	Haryana	256	7	1044669	41	10709
13	Himachal Pradesh	63		308117	8	4211
14	Jammu and Kashmir	34	6	474431	7	4785
15	Jharkhand	59	4	437085	7	5331
16	Karnataka	3005	23	4023630	93	40294
17	Kerala***	4823	35	6741350	391	71315
18	Ladakh	9	1	29132		231
19	Lakshadweep	0		11363		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	109	3	1043688	10	10775
21	Maharashtra	2802	18	7976726	219	148372
22	Manipur	18	2	137679	2	2149
23	Meghalaya	28	1	95087	1	1622
24	Mizoram	50	11	237907	11	723
25	Nagaland	3	2	35184	2	781
26	Odisha	528	131	1325773	179	9202	1
27	Puducherry	198	6	172901	12	1974
28	Punjab**	129	26	764305	35	17918
29	Rajasthan	375	6	1303798	15	9644
30	Sikkim	23	3	43731	5	498
31	Tamil Nadu	4074	41	3547162	312	38048
32	Telangana	563	10	834500	87	4111
33	Tripura	111	20	106880	3	939
34	Uttarakhand	57	1	441227	5	7751
35	Uttar Pradesh	395	3	2102935	32	23625
36	West Bengal	1391	26	2094176	111	21523	1
Total#		26449	385	44077068	1919	528913	3