India has reported 42,982 covid-19 cases in last 24 hours as the death rate in the last 24 hours rose 533. The daily test positivity rate – the number of people cases identified per 100 stands at 2.3 percent. The recovery rate is 97.37 percent.
Delhi recorded 67 cases of coronavirus in 24 hours today with no related deaths and a positivity rate of 0.09 percent. This is the fifth time since the second wave of the pandemic hit the national capital that zero deaths were logged in a day.
A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV) has found that Covid-19-recovered individuals with both doses of Covishield have higher immunity against the Delta variant.
News Source : News 18
