Covid-19 infections in age groups same in second wave as first: Govt

The government is keeping an eye on a new Delta plus variant that has emerged in Europe

The number of Covid infections across various age groups in the first and second wave have remained almost the same, the health ministry data showed. Infections among children in the age group 1-10 were a little over 3 per cent in both the waves. There is, however, a slight increase in the number of young people getting infections in the second wave and a small dip in the number of cases reported among those above 50 years.
 
Almost 23 per cent of infections were in the age group 31-40 in the second wave against 21 per cent in the