Active cases constitute 1.12% of total cases, the lowest since March 2020.
India added 36,571 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 540.The country's overall case load now stands at 3.23 crore, while total fatalities are at 4.33 lakhs, according to the health ministry.
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Kerala contributed 21,116 cases to the country's daily numbers. The southern state has been contributing to more than 50 per cent of new infections in the country. Kerala has a test positivity rate of around 13.97 per cent.
Maharashtra, the worst-hit state in the country, reported 5,225 new infections and 154 fatalities in 24 hours. Just seven districts, including Pune, account for the bulk of the infections in Maharashtra, while half a dozen other districts have less than ten active cases currently, according to the state government.
Twenty-five fresh cases and two virus-related deaths were reported in Delhi on Thursday. The positivity rate in the national capital has dipped to 0.04 per cent, according to data shared by the city Health Department. The death count due to coronavirus infection in the national capital has risen to 25,079.
Overall, the daily positivity rate in the country has been below 3 per cent for the last 25 days and is presently at 1.94 per cent. Active cases constitute 1.12% of total cases, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.46 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said.
India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached 57.22 crore with 48.84 lakh vaccine doses administered till Thursday evening.
Over 87,000 people across the country have been reported Covid positive after the second dose of vaccination, while 46 per cent of those cases are from Kerala, top Health Ministry sources have told NDTV. Kerala reported close to 80,000 Covid cases after the first dose of vaccination, while 40,000 people were reported infected after the second dose, the sources said.
A study in the UK has found that vaccines against Covid-19 are less effective against the delta variant. The study showed that the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 declines faster than that of the AstraZeneca jab.
The results are likely to fuel calls to give booster shots to the fully vaccinated. US authorities have already authorized booster shots for all Americans from September 20 starting eight months after an individual has been fully vaccinated.
Covid-19 patients are dying in U.S. hospitals at levels not seen since February, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said, warning that the numbers could worsen as intensive-care units overflow in parts of the South.
Coronavirus cases worldwide have surpassed the 200 million-mark. Cases are rising in about one-third of the world's countries, many of which have not even given half their population a first dose.
