3.90 lakh global Covid cases in 3rd wave

Niti Ayog’s member VK Paul officially stated that the third wave is already there in the world and the wave has already recorded 3.90 lakh cases. 40% of the number of cases reported in the second wave, which recorded around 9 lakh Covid-19 cases.

During the official briefing of the Union health ministry, Paul said, “Our task is to ensure that the wave does not come in India,” Showing the global data the Union Health Ministry and Family Welfare has stated that the United Kingdom, Russia, Bangladesh, Indonesia are seeing a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, which is indicating at a new wave of the pandemic.

Things that you need to know:

1.  In India, there is no sign of any fresh wave overall, as the country is registering a decline in the number of daily cases. Yester, India registered 31,443 fresh cases, which was the lowest in 118 days.
2. In some states, the situation is not improving. According to the health ministry’s data, Kerala is now reporting 30.3 per cent of India’s total caseload. In April, this share was 6.2 per cent. In May and June, these shares were 10.6 per cent and 17.1 per cent, respectively.
3.  Maharashtra is now contributing 20.8 per cent of the total number of cases, while this share was 26.7 in April. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha are also contributing more to India’s total number of cases than they were in April and May — when the second wave of the pandemic began.
4.  Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh are seeing a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases.
5.  Union health ministry data showed some states have recorded a decline in the number of cases, but the decline has stopped and the situation has moved towards a plateau

The health ministry spoke about four major reasons why people avoid masks and said that all these reasons are baseless and wearing a mask is one of the ways to stay off the infection. Ministry also added people refuse to wear masks complaining of breathing problems, discomfort, while many believe that masks do not help in the prevention of Covid-19 and also mask is not required if social distancing is maintained.