India sees 90 per cent jump in daily COVID cases with 2,183 new infections

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.83 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.32 per cent

ZyCoV-D to be introduced in Covid vaccination drive shortly: Govt

ZyCoV-D has received the Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)

The prevalence of the Delta variant or B.1.617.2 was not different between the vaccinated and un-vaccinated groups

On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 crore COVID-19 samples, which reached the 50-crore mark on August 18, 2021

An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on July 29 had recommended granting permission for conducting the study

The Delta variant has been designated as a variant of concern due to increased transmission and higher immune evasion

The efficacy analysis demonstrates Covaxin to be 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic COVID-19 cases

Prof Balram Bhargava said exponential increase in testing has led to early identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria were met

A total of 1,66,862 deaths due to the disease have been reported so far in the country