The Omicron-driven surge was nearly over; two months after the Covid-19 pandemic began in the country. The daily cases dropped below 10,000 on Sunday for the first time since December 28.

Over 86,000 new cases were reported in India in the week ending (February 21-27), which was lower than the tally recorded in the first week of the "Omicron" wave - December 27-January 2. The weekly case count dipped below the 1-lakh mark for the first time in nine weeks.

50% decrease in new cases and 43% decrease in deaths were observed this week.

India reported a Covid toll of 1,074 this week which is less than 1,899 in the previous seven days. This was the third straight week of decreasing deaths in the country after a peak of 4,355 fatalities in January 31-February 6.

These figures don’t include deaths from earlier months that were added to the toll during this period. The seven-day average of daily cases had started rising consistently around December 27, due to the Omicron variant. 

Source: ET Healthworld