Drug firm Cipla on Wednesday announced the launch of antibody detection kits for COVID-19 in India under the brand name 'ELIFast' in partnership with KARWA Ltd, under the technology transfer from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
This achievement is matched by the downward spiral fall in the number of active COVID-19 cases, which was maintained below the seven-lakh mark for the third successive day.
Scientists from around the world, including India are developing several vaccines that are at different stages of clinical trials. The central government maintains it has started to gear up to take these vaccines to every citizen.
Variation in a genetic mutation among Indians may be the main reason behind the difference in the death rates due to COVID-19 across various states of the country, says a study that could inform new policies for controlling the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday stated that there has been no significant or drastic mutation in strains of SARS-CoV-2 (a virus that causes coronavirus) found in India till now.
India on Saturday recorded as many as 76,472 new coronavirus cases and 1,021 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. India's Covid-19 tally crossed 34 lakh-mark with Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases.
The constantly rising number of recoveries has ensured that the active cases of coronavirus infection, which is the "actual caseload" of the country, currently comprises only 23.24 per cent of the total cases, it said.
With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation, the total recoveries have surged to 21,58,946 and exceeds active cases of coronavirus infection by 14,66,918 as on date.
India recorded a spike in coronavirus cases again on Thursday morning after the country recorded 69,652 new cases and 977 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. India’s tally now stands at 28,36,926. Out of these, 6,86,395 are active cases and 20,96,665 recovered, according to the health ministry.
The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the 3 crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.
India reported as many as 63,489 new coronavirus cases and 944 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The country's coronavirus count has risen to 25,89,682 including 6,77,444 active cases, 18,62,258 discharged/migrated and 49,980 deaths.
India, the third worst-hit nation in terms of infections, has also accounted for over 23 per cent of the cases and more than 15 per cent of the deaths reported worldwide between August 4-10, the data shows.
There cannot be a uniform peak in COVID-19 cases in a large country like India and each state has its own trajectory based on when people there were exposed to the infection, a public health expert said.
The health ministry has issued guidelines for gated housing societies that are having or desire to set up small coronavirus care centres run by Resident Welfare Associations (RWA), housing societies and NGOs using their own resources guidelines.
India coronavirus cases have crossed 10.38 lakh-mark, taking confirmed patients toll to 10,38,716 including 3,58,692 active cases, 6,53,751 recovered and 26,273 deaths, according to health ministry's figures released on Saturday.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said that at least 99 doctors have succumbed to coronavirus in India while over 1,300 have been infected by COVID-19. Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in terms of the percentage of doctors who died after getting infected to coronavirus.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Delhi has reached 2.17 lakh on Thursday after a record number of over 9,000 cases were detected while several states reported their highest one-day surge.
They have named this unique cluster of virus population as 'Clade A3i' found in 41 per cent of the genome sequenced in India.The researchers sequenced 64 genomes.
About 95,527 patients suffering from the coronavirus have been cured in the country so far, the Union Health Ministry said at a media briefing on Tuesday. With this, the recovery rate in the country stood at 48.07 percent, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the ministry told reporters.
India has begun to unlock with an increased focus on the economic needs of the country. The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 1.9 lakh on Sunday after a record number of about 8,400 people tested positive.
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