Coronavirus News Highlights: Bihar to administer 30 lakh vaccine doses during Friday’s special vaccination drive to commemorate PM Modi’s birthday

Coronavirus Case and Fatality Rate in India, Coronavirus Third Wave Today News September 16 Highlights: It has been more than 18 months since the Covid-19 pandemic stuck the nation. When will it end? Even after so many restrictions, lockdowns, curfews, social distancing, mask-wearing, and vaccines, there is still no clear answer. But, there are a lot of signs/evidence from which some realistic expectations can be made on how the Coronavirus pandemic will progress over the next year so. Last week, the world saw nearly 4 million Coronavirus cases, marking the first major decline in new infections in more than two months, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the recent weeks, weekly new cases were above 4.4 million globally. In its weekly release, the WHO said every region in the world saw a drop in new Covid-19 cases compared to the previous week.

After reporting below 40,000 new Covid-19 cases for the past 7 days and less than 30,000 for the past four days, India witnessed 30,570 new Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall Covid-19 tally to 3,33,47,325, according to data from the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. The Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 4,43,928 with 431 new fatalities. The number of active cases in the country has dropped to 3,42,923, and now comprises 1.03% of India’s total infections, the health ministry said.

According to weekly analysis of Covid-19 cases, except four, all states/UTs have seen a decline in their seven-day average of cases. Kerala, which has been contributing the most (60-70%) to India’s Covid-19 tally for the past few weeks, has seen a sharp decline in this seven-day average; from 27,673 on September 8, it has dropped to 20,079 on Wednesday. In Maharashtra, the second-biggest contributor, the average fell to 3,589 for 4,077 a week ago.

As the Covid-19 situation continues to improve in India, the Delhi government on Wednesday allowed public fairs and exhibitions from today in the city. However, the West Bengal government has extended Covid restrictions till September 30 ahead of the festivals in order to check the Covid-19 spread.

Globally, the Delta variant continues to create problems for nations. The US, Australia, and China have been battling to check its spread.

Here are the latest and verified updates on Coronavirus from India and around the globe: