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On July 28, Kerala recorded 22, 056 new Covid-19 cases and 131 deaths, sparking another round of debate on the exponential rise of cases in the state, while the rest of the country is seeing an ebbing of the second wave of the pandemic.
With Kerala contributing to 50 percent of the total caseload in the country, a political blame game has erupted on social media over the state’s containment strategies, which were touted as a model by even global agencies during the first wave of the pandemic.
Does Kerala’s upward trajectory of the virus indicate that the state needs a re-look at its strategy? Epidemiologists say that the state is on course in achieving a low fatality rate and the rising cases shouldn’t be a cause of concern as it has a robust medical system to handle exigencies. The state has recorded an increase of 91,617 new cases between July 10 and July 19, with the test positivity rate hovering around 11 percent.
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ICMR asks for list of people who got actual vaccine shot during clinical trials
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On Tuesday, the health ministry said volunteers who participated in clinical trials and received actual vaccines will be provided vaccine certificates through the CoWIN platform.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has asked the principal investigators of clinical trials to compile a list of volunteers who received an actual vaccine shot, and not a placebo, so that they can be issued certificates from the vaccine registration platform CoWIN. ICMR is facilitating the process. We do feel that participants have all the right to get valid certificates and we are very much supportive, said Samiran Panda, head of epidemiology and infectious diseases at ICMR.
India reports 43,509 fresh COVID cases, over 38,000 recoveries in 24 hours.
India recorded 43,509 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 640 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours.Â
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the country saw a total of 38,465 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.38 per cent.
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The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 4,03,840, the data showed.Â
The total death toll in the country is now at 4,22,662. In India, the first death due to COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.Â
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 46,26,29,773 samples have been tested up to July 28 for COVID-19. Of these 17,28,795 samples were tested on Wednesday.