Covid-19: Corona active cases tally dips in India, 4 deaths reported

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, overall 428 cases decreased on June 17, and 119 cases decreased on June 16. Read Further on Dynamite News:

New Delhi: The number of active Covid-19 cases has been declining in recent days since June 16. Compared to the previous day, Covid-19 cases decreased by 353, bringing the total number of active cases down to 6,483 on Wednesday untill 8 am. Kerala which had highest number of infections too witnessed a dip in the cases by 275, bringing its tally down to 1384.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, overall 428 cases decreased on June 17, and 119 cases decreased on June 16. Now, the active case count has fallen below 6,500.

Four deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry, comparatively lower than the previous day when as many as 11 deaths were registered.

Of the four mortalities, two were reported in Maharashtra, while Kerala and Delhi reported one each. All four individuals were elderly and had existing respiratory ailments and other chronic conditions.

No Need To Panic

Dr Wali, who has had the unique privilege of serving three Presidents of India - R. Venkataraman, Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, and Pranab Kumar Mukherjee - said most of the people infected with the virus will have mild to moderate respiratory illness and will not require special treatment.

While the potency of the current strain of the Covid virus has increased slightly, there is no need to panic, he says, adding people should, instead, be cautious about its transmission and follow Covid-appropriate behavior.

When To Isolate

"If you have cough, cold, and fever for more than three days, get tested for covid. If the test is positive, don't panic. Isolate yourself and follow the doctor's advice," he added.

People with asthma, cold, and fever along with heart or kidney disease should be cautious and those who have undergone kidney or liver transplant should also be careful.
"We don't need to do anything more than this. The government is monitoring it, and whenever
there is another variation, it will be caught," he says.

There is a continous increase in Covid-19 cases in our country, with active infections climbing to 5, 758, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s update as on Saturday morning.

A total 391 new cases and four deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. One fatality each was from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra, as per the ministry’s Covid dashboard.