India reported 43,000 fresh Covid cases in the week ending Sunday (February 28-March 6) which was the lowest in 22 months since May 18-24, 2020. This reveals that the third wave of Covid-19 in India has ended and the pandemic was currently at its lowest point in the country.

Covid cases have dipped Week on the week, by more than half in the last four weeks. 86,097 new cases were reported in the previous week (February 21-27). The fresh cases in the earlier weeks were 1.7 lakh, 3.9 lakh and 9.7 lakh, respectively. The current dip was so far the sharpest drop in cases since the pandemic began.

India reported 626 fatalities from the virus in the current week, which was also the lowest weekly toll since 495 deaths were recorded in the New Year week (December 27-January 2). These numbers exclude deaths from earlier months added to the toll during this period. In the week of February 21-27, around 1,074 deaths were reported while the toll in the previous week was 1,899. Covid deaths had peaked at 4,355 from Jan 31 to Feb 6, in the third week.

Including, all deaths reported during the period the current week′s Covid death toll was 1,264, the lowest since March 15-21, 2021. On Sunday, India reported 52 deaths, which were the fewest daily death tolls since April 25, 2020.

On Sunday, around 55,500 active cases were reported in India, which is the lowest count since May 15, 2020.

Source: ET Healthworld