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The overall COVID tally in India reached 17,50,724 today, which marks a single-day spread of 54,736 cases, based on data from the Union Health Ministry. On the other hand, recoveries surged to 11,45,629, including 51,255 in the past 24 hours. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 37,364 with 853 people succumbing to the disease in a 24-hour span. There are now 5,67,730 active cases in the country, with the recovery rate standing at 64.53% and the fatality rate at 2.15%.
Based on observations and statistics, this is the fourth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000.
A cumulative total of 1,98,21,831 samples have been tested up to August 1 with 4,63,172 being tested on Saturday, according to the ICMR. The novel coronavirus was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization six months ago. Since then, the number of worldwide cases has exceeded 1.77 crores while 6.84 lakh have died of the infection.
The US, the worst affected country, reported over 1,000 deaths for a fifth consecutive day. “WHO continues to assess the global risk level of COVID-19 to be very high,” it said in its latest statement. The pandemic has spurred a race for a COVID-19 vaccine with many candidates in a late-stage trial.
In India, two indigenously developed vaccine candidates are undergoing trials. Meanwhile, Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, has signed an agreement to manufacture a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by Jenner Institute of Oxford University in collaboration with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca.
