Current covid count in India…get the details
Monday, 30th August 2021
India logged 46,164 new cases of coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours taking the total figure in the country to 3,25,58,530. With 607 deaths recorded in a single day, the death toll in India has risen up to 43,63,65.
The total number of people who have recovered from the illness stands at 3,17,88,440 including the 34,159 patients who were discharged from hospitals yesterday, after having recovered from the infection. Total number of active cases in the country is now 3,33,725.
Meanwhile, the southern state of Kerala continued to see a surge in their daily number of Covid-19 cases. The state logged over 30,000 fresh cases for the second day in a row and now accounts for 69.35 per cent of the country’s total cases of coronavirus that is now being reported. A day prior, Kerala reported 31,265 new cases of Covid-19 along with 153 deaths due to it.
As the country continues to move ahead in its effort to fight the deadly virus with a strong vaccination drive, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, “India achieves unprecedented milestone! 50% of the eligible population inoculated with the first dose of #COVID19 vaccine. Keep it up India. Let us fight Corona.”
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More and more pharmaceutical firms are ramping up their resources to bring out vaccines against Covid-19, with Zydus Cadila in the forefront. The Centre is expecting ZyCov-D, the company’s needle free Covid-19 vaccine to be available in less than a couple of months’ time. However, according to the Union government, they are yet to make a decision on whether all children or only those with co-morbidities will be administered with the vaccine.
Individual states have reported their Covid-19 status, some of which are as follow.
Delhi
Number of new Covid-19 cases- 45
Number of deaths in 24 hours- 0
Number of recoveries in the past 24 hours- 21
Assam
Number of new Covid-19 cases- 562
Number of deaths in 24 hours- 11
Number of recoveries in the past 24 hours- 776
Uttar Pradesh
Number of new Covid-19 cases- 19
Number of deaths in 24 hours- 0
Number of recoveries in the past 24 hours- 22
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Source-
Timesofindia Indiatimes