Covid-19: Active infections increase by 2,776 in India

A medic collects swab sample of a child for Covid test, at Regional Hospital in Kullu, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

India logged 37,593 new Coronavirus infections and 648 deaths, while the active cases increased marginally to 3,22,327, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday morning.

An increase of 2,776 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.10 per cent.

Meanwhile, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said more than 2 crore additional Covid-19 vaccine doses are being made available to states this month and they have been asked to vaccinate all school teachers on priority before Teachers' Day on September 5. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday with all states and Union Territories to review the progress of the Covid-19 vaccination drive. At the meeting, the states were advised to focus on enhancing second dose coverage as well as immunisation of school teachers and staff, both government and private.

An auto driver receives a Covishield shot during a free vaccination drive for the drivers in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

‘Majority of vaxxed Indians had no or mild side effects'

Majority of vaccinated Indians experienced no or only mild side effects after taking two doses of Covid vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, a pan-India survey has found. Community social media platform LocalCircles said its survey showed that "70 per cent of Indians after taking the first dose of Covishield and 64 per cent with Covaxin experienced no or mild side effects." Similarly, 75 per cent inoculated with the second dose of Covishield and 78 per cent with the second dose of Covaxin experienced no or mild side effects, it added.

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Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far

4,35,758
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

3,22,327
Total no. of active cases in India