Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday is holding a review meeting with district magistrates of over 40 districts having low COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
India reported over 48,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,100 deaths from it in the past 24 hours. Kerala recorded the highest number of cases on Friday with more than 11,000 new infections in the state in the past 24 hours.
deaths from covid. the hope is the increase in cases will start to fade in the coming weeks because so many people have been vaccinated. most people getting infected with delta have not been immunised and they re tending to be younger and recovering quicker. so what will covid vaccination coverage look like by the middle of next month? just over two million adults a week in the uk are receiving their second dose of covid vaccine mostly those in their 40s and 50s. a four week delay would allow an extra ten million adults to be fully immunised compared to today. that s around three quarters of the adult population. though maximum protection does not kick in until around two weeks after that second shot. just over a million adults a week are receiving their first dose of vaccine