Daily Covid-19 cases in India drop to 18,346 after 209 days

Blind students and teachers demonstrate demanding immediate reopening of Blind school, at Salt Lake in Kolkata, on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

India logged 18,346 new Coronavirus infections, the lowest in 209 days, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,38,53,048, while the active cases declined to 2,52,902, the lowest in 201 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,49,260 with 263 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new cases have remained below 30,000 for 11 straight days.

The active cases comprise 0.75 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.93 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.61 per cent, and the weekly positivity rate was 1.66 per cent.

Meanwhile, drug firm Cadila Healthcare on Tuesday said it has received permission from the Indian drug regulator for conducting phase III trials for its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D.

The company has already received the emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D to be administered in three doses on August 20. The company has "... got the permission for conduct of phase III trials for two-dose Covid vaccine," Cadila Healthcare said in a regulatory filing.

3,38,53,048
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

4,49,260
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

2,52,902
Total no. of active cases in India

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