India had reported less than 20,000 COVID-19 cases for the last three days. On Wednesday, 18,870 cases were registered, while on Tuesday and Monday, India registered 18,795 and 19,859 cases respectively
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, at the Government Polyclinic vaccination centre in Gurugram, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
India witnessed yet another surge in daily COVID cases on Thursday, pushing the daily tally over 20,000 cases after three days. According to Union Health Ministry’s report on Thursday morning, as many as 23,529 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
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India had reported less than 20,000 COVID-19 cases for the last three days. On Wednesday, 18,870 cases were registered, while on Tuesday and Monday, India registered 18,795 and 19,859 cases respectively.
In the same time span, India recorded 311 COVID-related deaths against 378 fatalities reported on Wednesday. With this, the total COVID fatality in the country climbed to 4,48,062. The overall COVID fatality rate remained at 1.33 per cent for the last few weeks. Out of the total cases reported in the last 24 hours, 12,161 have been registered in Kerala and 3,187 cases in Maharashtra. In the same time span, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported as many 1,624 and 1,084 cases respectively.
Will decide on Covaxin in October, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the final decision on Bharat Biotech’s submission on emergency use listing (EUL) for its Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine will be made in October 2021. The status of assessment for Covaxin is “ongoing” as of now, the WHO informed in a document.
Kerala to distribute homeopathic tabs
With the Kerala government deciding to reopen all the schools in the state from November 1, it is thinking of distributing free homeopathic preventive tablets before that as a precautionary measure as COVID continues to rage in the state. Educational institutions in the state closed in the third week of March 2020. The final year classes in colleges are all set to resume from next week.
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