New year 2022 witnessed sudden surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant. The sudden rise in the cases across the world showed that Corona is not yet over. Living in the COVID-19 era has seen various changes throughout the world since the outbreak of the virus. With over 360 million cases reported so far and over 5.5 million deaths across the globe, Corona virus had created startling impact on the lives of many.
Worldwide, total number of cases reported on 21st January 2021 was 37,74,254 which is the highest no of cases reported on single day since COVID made its debut. In fact, for the past 10 days, the total no of cases reported worldwide is over 3 million per day. However, death toll is less than second wave, as of now. USA has reported more than 500,000 cases per day for almost a month now whereas United Kingdom is also witnessing around 100,000 cases on daily basis. France reported over 500,000 cases on 25th January 2021, the highest no of cases reported on single day since the outbreak of the virus.
As far is India is concerned, the total number of cases reported on daily basis is over 250,000 since 14th January 2021 whereas no of deaths on daily basis is less than 1000. Highest no of cases reported in India during third wave is 347,254 which was reported on 20th January 2021. The active cases in India have gone over 2.2 million. Whether this is the peak or peak is yet to come? Some studies states that peak has not yet arrived. Also, the no of hospitalization is less so far in third wave but whether it will be less in coming months? One study shows that the third wave may witness more lethal cases in March to May 2021.
Let us look how quickly the cases in India has increased based on the cases reported on daily basis.
Date | No of cases reported |
21st December 2021 | 6,317 |
25th December 2021 | 6,987 |
30th December 2021 | 16,764 |
4th January 2022 | 58,097 |
6th January 2022 | 1,17,600 |
12th January 2022 | 2,47,417 |
21st January 2022 | 3,47,254 |
23rd January 2022 | 3,06,064 |
26th January 2022 | 2,86,384 |
The above statistics indicate how rapid is the spread of corona in India. The positivity rate in India is over 19% now. This raises one important question, is Community spread of Corona started?
Initially, major cities like Mumbai/New Delhi and other metro cities witnessed rapid surge in Corona cases in third wave. Although, the no of cases reported in major cities has dropped but the overall cases throughout the country remains a concern due to high positivity rate.
In a recent weekly bulletin published by INSACOG on 10th January 2022, mentions that Omicron is now spreading through community transmission. In the third year of COVID era, India has acknowledged of community transmission. The spread is expected due to internal transmission, not from foreign travellers. The threat level in India is ‘high” and remains unchanged, the INSACOG report said. The said INSACOG weekly bulletin can be viewed at https://dbtindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/INSACOG%20WEEKLY%20BULLETIN%2010-01-2022.pdf
Community transmission is a stage where it becomes difficult to establish, if not impossible, who is passing the infection to whom. In simple terms, it is a stage where it becomes difficult to establish the chain of infections, or determine who infected whom. This has implications for deciding containment strategies and response measures to deal with the epidemic.
What does it mean to have community transmission? This is a matter of concern for everyone as the threat level is “high” and hospitalization may increase in near future. It is of utmost importance that we should stay safe keeping social distancing norms.
As the fight with Corona is still going on, a collective effort is required to win…Stay healthy… Stay safe…
–Ashish Kumar
Corona is going to stay with us for a long time. As it’s being said its effect (the deaths) will be decreased day by day. I wish things get better. Expecting to join offline classes in the next 3-4 months. Thank you for the article, Ashish. Take care. 😁
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We all are hoping to have minimum impact of Corona in near future… Thanks a lot Lokesh for reading and sharing your valuable views… 🙂
Good to know your classes will start soon in person… Best wishes for your studies. 🙂
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A timely and informative article👌👌
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Thank you so much sir for reading and finding it informative… Means a lot. 🙂
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Very informative write-up!!
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Thank you so much for reading and liking it… Glad you found it informative. 🙂
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Very informative and much needed👏🏼🙏🏼
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Thank you so much for reading and finding it to be informative… 🙂
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Very informative post..
Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much sir for reading and liking the post… 🙂
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Wow, that is a high number but of course, India has a big population. Our 14 days-incidence has reached 3300-something. But we might be at the peak now.
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Yes, India being the 2nd most populated country, chance of spread is likely more… Good to know the situation in your country. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing your insights. 🙂
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Sure, Ashish. It was very informative and exchanging thoughts never hurts, right?
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Indeed, we learn a lot by exchanging our thoughts… 🙂
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Take care.
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Sure, you too stay safe and take care… 🙂
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The numbers seen give a alarming picture. It is personal and collective responsibility to take as much care.
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Indeed, personal and collective effort required to win over Corona… Thank you so much for reading and sharing your valuable views… 🙂
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You are very welcome.
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so mch information to grasp :p good one
May GOD save us all from this pandemic
Ameen
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Yes, we can hope and pray to God to get rid of this pandemic soon… Thank you so much for reading and sharing your views… Welcome back here after a long time… Good to have your views… 🙂
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yeah ameen 🙂 yes after so long, thankyou for remembering me 🙂 I will do my best to stay active here
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Thank you so much. It’s always pleasant to see old readers visiting here… 🙂 Have to check your new posts as well.. will do it soon… 🙂
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^_^ same here.
sure do visit 🙂
till then take care of yourself
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I hope that it cured soon
Seems like a threat to us..
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Yes, we all are waiting for it to be over… Thank you so much for reading and sharing your views… 🙂
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mine pleasure dear
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Thank you for sharing this beneficial information. It is devastating, but we need to be in “the know”.
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Indeed, we should be aware of the same…
Thank you so much for reading and sharing your valuable views… Welcome to my world of writing… Keep visiting. 🙂
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It’s so, so very serious… and sad… prayers for everyone. Nice post. Very interesting.
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Yes we can pray for betterment… Thank you so much for reading and sharing your valuable views… welcome to my world of writing… Keep visiting.. 🙂
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Who ever thought we’d live thro’ something like this in our lifetime!
It looks like we’re going to be talking about covid for quite some time now. The best we can do is — to not let our guard down and continue to do the right thing as much as possible.
Take care, Ashish. 🙂
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Yes, Covid era may continue for some time now… Indeed, many things changed due to this Covid which was unexpected…
Thank you so much for your visit and views… glad to have your insights… Humbled… 🙂
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