Last year last day Corona cases in Karnataka sudden rise reports 5 deaths in single day. Karnataka reported 832 new cases of COVID-19 on December 31, taking the total to 30,07,337. Bengaluru Urban reported 656 cases and five deaths. Twenty-three new cases of Omicron have been confirmed in Karnataka on December 31 taking the total number of cases infected with the new variant to 66.
According to a tweet by Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar, 19 of the 23 new Omicron cases are international travellers from U.S.A., Europe, Middle East and Africa. Five of these are children, including a two-year-old boy. Except these, all the others are fully vaccinated individuals.
With eight deaths, the toll in Karnataka rose to 38,335. This is apart from 29 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons. As many as 335 persons were discharged on December 31, taking the total recoveries to 29,60,261. The number of active patients in Karnataka is 8,712. While the positivity rate for the day was 0.70%, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was 0.96%.
Registrations for vaccinating 15-18-year-old children against COVID-19 starts from Saturday on the Co-WIN portal. “Let’s get ready to ensure COVID vaccination of all eligible citizens. Registrations on #CoWIN for 15-18-year-old children starts from 1st January 2022. #LargestVaccineDrive #Unite2FightCorona,” tweeted the Ministry of Health on Friday.
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As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, 2021, the vaccination for the age-group 15-18 years is scheduled to begin from Monday while administration of precautionary third dose for the vulnerable categories is to commence from January 10, 2022. In the context of the vaccination of the age group 15-18 years, the Union Health Secretary informed the States/UTs that only ‘Covaxin’ is to be administered in this population category and additional doses of ‘Covaxin’ will be sent to all states and UTs.
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