Delhi reported 970 fresh Covid cases at a positivity rate of 3.34 per cent and one death on Wednesday.
'We don't think it is sustainable,' the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said
The death toll remained unchanged at 228 as no fresh fatality was recorded in the region.
So far, more than 3.01 crore (3,01,97,120) children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The only health district where the positivity rate was found to be above one per cent is Bashirhat, said an official.
The union territory did not record any new cases for a second straight day after having logged four fresh infections on Tuesday.
Researchers found cognitive loss worth 20 years of ageing, between 50 and 70 years of age, in people with severe Covid-19.
The active cases constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's Covid-19 recovery rate is 98.74 per cent.
China is sticking to a strict zero-COVID policy even as many other countries are easing restrictions and seeing if they can live with the virus.
Non-manufacturing activities and services industry also declined. However, construction industry continued to expand.
The state now has 80 active cases with no fatalities since a week, according to a health department bulletin.
Mizoram currently has 714 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,26,009 people have recovered from the infection so far.
"Our Covid warriors risked their lives to pull Delhi out of this crisis. We salute their spirit," said Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
Odisha now has 78 active COVID-19 cases, and 15 districts have no patients at present, the bulletin said.
With the addition of 21 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in the Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 7,09,023, an official said on Friday.
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Dr Fauci said while the worst phase of the pandemic appears to be behind them, the threat of Covid-19 is not over for the country.
INSACOG is a consortium of 38 Indian labs to carry out genome sequencing and monitor genomic variations of coronavirus.
According to the health bulletin, the infection tally in the national capital stands at 18,78,458 and the death toll has reached 26,170.
PM Modi said special campaigns are needed in schools to vaccinate children.
