India records 35,342 new Covid cases, 483 deaths; active cases at 4 lakh

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New Delhi, Jul 23, 2021: India recorded 35,342 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the total tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 3.12 crore. With 483 new fatalities, India’s Covid-19 death toll climbed to 4.19 lakh.

 

According to health ministry data on Friday morning, the country recorded 38,740 in the past 24 hours. With this, the recovery rate has improved to over 97 per cent. Up to 42,34,17,030 crore vaccine doses administered so far, the data showed.

INSACOG, a consortium of government panels involved in the genome-sequencing of the coronavirus, has said the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 continues to be the dominant lineage for new cases across the country.

There is currently no evidence of any new Delta sub-lineage that is of greater concern than Delta, it has said.

“Delta continues to be the dominant lineage for new cases across all parts of India in recent samples and remains the most rapidly rising lineage globally that is responsible for multiple outbreaks, including across Southeast Asia, which shows the fastest growth in new cases globally," the INSACOG said.

The Delta variant was behind the deadly second wave of the coronavirus in India that killed thousands and infected lakhs during March to May.

The INSACOG said a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed that most of the clinical cases in vaccine breakthrough were infected with the Delta variant but only 9.8 per cent cases required hospitalisation, while fatality was found to be restricted to 0.4 per cent.

Courtesy:India Today