India on Thursday registered 41,195 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 3,20,77,706 since the pandemi...

India on Thursday registered 41,195 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 3,20,77,706 since the pandemic began in January last year. The daily case count on Thursday was 7.41% higher than the previous day’s 38,353 cases.
The toll increased to 4,29,669 with the country reporting 490 deaths in the past day. The number of active cases currently stands at 3,87,987, while as many as 3,12,60,050 people have recovered from the disease so far.
The country has administered a total of 52,36,71,019 Covid-19 vaccine doses till now, as per data from the Union health ministry. A total of 44,19,627 doses were administered in the past 24 hours.
Here are some other updates:
- The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said the test positivity rate in the state was increasing because isolation protocols were not being enforced properly, reported PTI. The High Court added that preventing crowding or imposing a full lockdown were the only options to check the spread of the coronavirus disease. The Union health ministry clarified that no new variant of the coronavirus was detected in Kerala and that around 88% to 90% cases in the state were due to the Delta variant, reported the Hindustan Times.
- The Maharashtra government said that citizens who have been fully...