NEW DELHI: India has maintained a declining trend in coronavirus infections with 36,604 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
The cases declined by 32 percent in November as compared to October, according to the Health Ministry. For more than three weeks, India’s single-day cases have remained below 50,000.
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said new cases were declining consistently after peaking in mid-September at nearly 100,000 per day.
The capital of New Delhi has also seen a dip in daily infections. It reported 4,006 new cases in the past 24 hours.
India reported 501 additional deaths, raising total fatalities to 138,122.
In an effort to stop the virus from spreading, the Home Ministry has allowed states to impose local restrictions.
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New coronavirus cases declining in New Delhi, rest of India
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New coronavirus cases declining in New Delhi, rest of India
- New cases declining consistently after peaking in mid-September at nearly 100,000 per day
China’s birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data
BEIJING: China’s birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth year running despite authorities’ efforts to curb the decline.
There were just 7.92 million births recorded last year, Chinese officials said Monday, a rate of 5.63 births per thousand people.
It marks the lowest birth rate since records by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) began in 1949 — the year Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Beijing has scrambled to boost marriage and fertility rates, offering childcare subsidies and taxing condoms as it grapples with a rapidly aging population.
China’s birth rate had declined consistently over the last decade, despite the end of the restrictive “one-child policy,” until a slight uptick in 2024 when 6.77 births were recorded per thousand.
The previous low was in 2023, when China recorded 9.02 million births — a rate of 6.39 per 1,000 people.
Marriage rates are also at record low levels, with many young couples put off having babies by high child-rearing costs and career concerns.
Meanwhile China recorded 11.31 millions deaths in 2025, a mortality rate of 8.04 per thousand — leading to a population decline of 2.41 per thousand, NBS data showed.
There were just 7.92 million births recorded last year, Chinese officials said Monday, a rate of 5.63 births per thousand people.
It marks the lowest birth rate since records by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) began in 1949 — the year Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Beijing has scrambled to boost marriage and fertility rates, offering childcare subsidies and taxing condoms as it grapples with a rapidly aging population.
China’s birth rate had declined consistently over the last decade, despite the end of the restrictive “one-child policy,” until a slight uptick in 2024 when 6.77 births were recorded per thousand.
The previous low was in 2023, when China recorded 9.02 million births — a rate of 6.39 per 1,000 people.
Marriage rates are also at record low levels, with many young couples put off having babies by high child-rearing costs and career concerns.
Meanwhile China recorded 11.31 millions deaths in 2025, a mortality rate of 8.04 per thousand — leading to a population decline of 2.41 per thousand, NBS data showed.
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