AGARTALA, May 14 (TIWN): Tripura Govt has decided to complete rapid antigen tests of the total population under Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) by 3 days. This decision was taken as numbers of Covid--19 positivity are getting higher in Agartala. CM Biplab Deb has announced about this decision taken by the Health Dept. Yesterday 480 new Covid cases and 2 deaths were reported in Tripura. Already few areas have been brought under the containment zone in Agartala with the imposition of Section 144 there. Tripura also has started house to house vaccination in deep rural areas which are far from hospitals and people there are not interested in taking vaccines from the centre. Yesterday, TIWN covered how the Jhumia families are getting vaccinated. India’s coronavirus numbers over the last two weeks suggest the second wave may have reached its peak, or will in the next few days.

However, the end of the second wave may still be a long distance away. India’s cases, which touched 4.14 lakh last Thursday, have dropped significantly in the last one week.

Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to fall after hitting a peak last week but deaths remained high with close to 4,000 fatalities recorded on Thursday.

India reported 3,43,122 fresh cases on Thursday, down from 3,62,720 reported on the previous day, as per TOI's Covid database collated from state government numbers. The country recorded 3,994 deaths in the last 24 hours. India had recorded 4,205 deaths on Tuesday, the highest in a single day till now.

While the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen steadily from a peak of 3.91 lakh on Saturday (May 8) to 3.64 lakh on Thursday May 12, the average daily fatalities has risen. The seven-day average of daily deaths crossed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday and stood at 4,039 on Thursday.