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Coronavirus Highlights | India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,17,26,507 on Tuesday with 30,549 more people testing positive for the disease while the active caseload declined after six days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 4,25,195 with 422 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of active cases came down to 4,04,958, which comprises 1.28 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 97.38 per cent, it showed. A decrease of 8,760 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 16,49,295 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 47,12,94,789. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.85 per cent. The weekly positivity rate stood at 2.39 per cent, according to the health ministry. The total number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far as part of the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 47.85 crore. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. The caseload crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4 and 3 crore on June 23.
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Tamil Nadu reports 1,908 new cases, 2,047 recoveries and 29 deaths in past 24 hours.
Active cases: 20,217
Total recoveries: 25,11,076
Death toll: 34,159
Due to lack of vaccines, there will be no vaccination at the government vaccine centers in Mumbai tomorrow, says BMC
India’s cumulative COVID19 vaccination coverage crosses the 48 crore mark (48,41,81,676). Also, Uttar Pradesh has administered more than 22 lakh doses today: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Manipur reports 753 new cases, 14 deaths and 1,063 recoveries in past 24 hours. Recovery rate at 88.98%
Karnataka reports 1,674 new cases, 38 deaths and 1,376 recoveries in past 24 hours. Active case tally at 24,280.
No new case reported in Mumbai's Dharavi in past 24 hours, says BMC. Active cases in the area stand at 38.
Kerala reports 23,676 new cases, 148 deaths and 15,626 recoveries in past 24 hours
Active caseload rises to 1,73,221. Test positivity rate at 11.87%.
COVID19 guidelines on containment measures extended up to August 31 in Chandigarh
The United Arab Emirates will lift a ban on transit passenger traffic from India, Pakistan, Nigeria and other countries from Aug. 5, the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Tuesday.NCEMA said on Twitter that passengers travelling from countries where flights had been suspended would be able to transit through its airports from Thursday as long as they present negative PCR tests taken 72 hours prior to departure.
Talks with Covid vaccine Moderna still on. No EUA application from Johnson & Johnson: NITIAayog Member DrVKPaul.
There are 44 districts where the case positivity rate is over 10%. These districts are in Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland among others: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry
