India recorded less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4,00,000 after 124 days today, according to Union health ministry data.
India recorded 29,689 new coronavirus infections that pushed its tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,14,40,951 while the death toll climbed to 4,21,382 with 415 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases have declined to 3,98,100 and comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent, it stated.
The number of active cases fell by 13,089 in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,20,110 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 45,91,64,121.
The daily positivity rate has declined to 1.73 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.33 per cent, the ministry data stated.
Here are the LIVE updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Tamil Nadu reports 1,767 new #COVID19 cases, 2,312 recoveries and 29 deaths.
- ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2021
Active cases: 22,188
Total recoveries: 24,95,895
Death toll: 33,966 pic.twitter.com/UVps5DtqWb
Delhi reports 77 new #COVID19 cases, 42 recoveries and two deaths in the last 24 hours
- ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2021
Active cases: 570
Total recoveries: 14,10,410
Death toll: 25,046 pic.twitter.com/BnnjKBW3pu
Covishield gives 93 per cent protection against COVID-19 and a 98 per cent mortality reduction, the government said on Tuesday referring to a study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) during the second COVID-19 wave that was driven by the Delta variant.
Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr V K Paul presented findings of the study which was conducted on 15 lakh doctors and frontline workers.
Uttar Pradesh reports 36 new #COVID cases, 73 recoveries and 04 deaths in the past 24 hours.
- ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2021
Active cases: 798
Total recoveries: 16,84,674
Death toll: 22,754 pic.twitter.com/n8BTQhA6ze
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday that 70 percent of adults in the bloc have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, 57 percent of over-18s are now fully vaccinated across the 27 nations, she said in a statement.
"These figures put Europe among the world leaders," von der Leyen said. "But we need to keep up the effort."
The European Commission president sounded a warning over the "very dangerous" Delta variant of the virus that has increasingly taken hold on the continent and seen infection rates begin to tick up again.
Bhutan has inoculated most of its eligible population with second doses of Covid-19 vaccinations in a week, in a speedy rollout hailed by UNICEF on Monday as a "success story" for international donations.
More than 454,000 shots were administered over the past week in the remote Himalayan kingdom -- just over 85 percent of the eligible adult population of more than 530,000 people -- after a recent flood of foreign donations.
UNICEF's Bhutan representative, Will Parks, hailed the ambitious vaccination drive as a "great success story for Bhutan".
Covid vaccines for children are likely in a matter of days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told this morning at a meeting of BJP MPs at parliament. Read more
India Reports Less Than 30,000 Daily #COVID19 Cases After 132 Days
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 27, 2021
NDTV's Sukirti Dwivedi reports
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Delhi Cinema Halls, Multiplexes Prepare For Big Reopening As Curbs EasedCinema halls, theatres, and multiplexes in Delhi have begun preparing to reopen at 50 percent capacity from Monday as the city continues to unlock further with a decline in the daily cases of coronavirus.
