India Coronavirus Update: 38,353 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 36% Higher Than Yesterday

Coronavirus cases today: Kerala leads the states in most number of cases in a day

India today reported 38,353 fresh Covid cases, which is 36 per cent higher than the cases (28,204) reported yesterday. The country also reported 497 deaths, taking the cumulative death count to 4,29,179.

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The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.45 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said. A decrease of 2,157 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
A study on mixing Covishield and Covaxin, the two main vaccines used in India's COVID-19 vaccination programme, has been given the go-ahead by the Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI). This study and its clinical trials will be conducted by Vellore's Christian Medical College. The mixing of doses had raised considerable anxiety.
As many as 17,77,962 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 48,50,56,507. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,12, 20,981 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
The daily positivity rate stands at 2.16 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for last 16 days.
Kerala today reported 21,119 cases, the most number of cases reported by a state on a single day. It also reported 152 deaths. Yesterday, the state had reported 13,049 cases and 105 deaths.
Tamil Nadu with 1,893 Covid cases, Andhra Pradesh (1,461), Karnataka (1,338) are other southern states with high number of cases. Telangana with 494 cases is the only southern state with cases below 1,000.
Rajasthan (11 Covid cases), Gujarat (21), Madhya Pradesh (10), Bihar (44) - the four big states - reported zero Covid deaths. Jharkhand and Uttarakhand too reported zero coronavirus deaths.
Maharashtra, which leads the states in overall Covid cases, reported 5,609 cases today. It also logged 137 deaths.
With 929 fresh Covid cases, Assam leads the northeastern states with most number of cases in a single day. It is followed by Mizoram (863), Manipur (633), Meghalaya (411).
Responding to criticism, the government told Parliament on Tuesday that the photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his statement on Covid vaccination certificates are meant to reinforce the message to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour even after inoculation.