Covid LIVE: ZyCoV-D is likely to be launched in early October, says report
The national recovery rate was recorded at 97.49 per cent, the health ministry said.
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India saw a single-day rise of 33,376 coronavirus infections, taking the overall tally of cases to 33,208,330, while the number of active cases increased marginally since Friday to stand at 391,516, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The death toll climbed to 442,317 with 308 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The number of active cases have increased to 391,516, comprising 1.18 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.49 per cent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 870 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. On Friday, the country had recoded 390,646 active cases.
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Over 720 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Govt
More than 720 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The doses were provided through the government of India (free of cost channel) and through the direct state procurement category, it added.
The ministry said over 57,543,795 balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered.
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Odisha reports 630 new cases, 8 fatalities in last 24 hours
Odisha recorded 630 new COVID-19 positive cases and eight fatalities in the last 24 hours, as per the state health department data on Friday.
With this, the total number of cases in the state reached 10,15,713 including 7020 active cases at present.
According to the official data, Cuttack and Khurda districts still recorded the highest number of cases, that is, 118 and 221 respectively. While Boudh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi and Nuapada districts recorded only one case each in the last 24 hours.
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Kerala mulls reopening schools after 16 months
While colleges in Kerala are set to reopen from October 4, state Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Saturday dropped hints of restarting schools after 16 months.
"With Covid taking over things across the world and now with things slowing down, the decision to reopen schools cannot be taken by the Education Department alone. Closely involved in this are the local government and the health department besides a committee that oversees all Covid activities which is led by the Chief Minister. With the Chief Minister himself suggesting after speaking to global experts that it's time to open schools, we already have started work on it," said Sivankutty.
He said the Education Department and all its top officials are working towards it.
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First Published: Sep 11 2021 | 7:19 AM IST