India on Tuesday reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases and 440 deaths, as per the Union Health Ministry.

With this, the total number of infections in the country rose to 3,22,85,857, while fatalities reached 4,32,519. 

There are 3.67 lakh active cases in the country at present and 3,14,85,923 people have recovered from the disease.  

Out of the new cases, Kerala reported 21,613 new cases and 127 deaths while Maharashtra reported 130 deaths. 

The health ministry said as many as 56.06 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far.

In other news, a study among healthcare workers in Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has reported that a single vaccine dose does not offer any significant protection against symptomatic infections, or moderate or severe Covid-19 disease.

The study, conducted between March 1 and May 31 among 4,276 employees of the hospital by a team led by Dr Ruma Satwik, found that there was no significant difference in the incidence of symptomatic or severe infections among those who had received only one dose of the vaccine and those who were not yet vaccinated.

Source: The Indian Express 

BDST: 1350 HRS, AUG 18, 2021
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