India has not seen conclusion of Covid-19 second wave: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Sept 2: There is a consistent decline on weekly positivity for the last three months. Daily new cases continue to show a decline. But, India has not seen the conclusion of the second surge of the pandemic, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday. "There is a consistent decline on weekly positivity for the last three months. Daily new cases continue to show a decline. From 279 districts that were reporting 100 cases on a daily basis in June 2021, the number has come down to 42 districts that are reporting more than 100 cases on a daily basis on August 30," the Union Health Secretary said. "47,092 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. 69 per cent of the new cases in the country in the last week were recorded in Kerala. We have not seen the conclusion of the second COVID-19 wave in the country," he stated. Bhushan said Kerala is one state that has more than 1 lakh active cases. Four states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have 10,000 to 1 lakh active cases. The rest of the states/UTs have less than 10,000 active cases. He further informed that 16 per cent of the total adult population of the country has been fully vaccinated. 54 per cent of the total adult population of the country has received at least one shot. "We administered 18.38 crores of doses in the month of August 2021 alone. The average dose per day administered in August is 59.29 lakh. In the last week of the month, we administered more than 80 lakh doses per day," he explained. "Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Himachal Pradesh have administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination to 100 per cent of their population over the age of 18 years. Sikkim has administered the second dose to 36 per cent of their population, Dadra and Nagar Haveli has administered to 18 per cent and Himachal Pradesh has administered the second dose to 32 per cent population," he added.