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COVID-19 Live Updates: Centre Rushes High-Level Team To Kerala After Sharp Spike In Cases

COVID-19 Live Updates: Centre Rushes High-Level Team To Kerala After Sharp Spike In Cases
COVID-19 Live Updates: Centre Rushes High-Level Team To Kerala After Sharp Spike In Cases

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent. Get all the live updates of COVID-19 here.

Written by Satata Karmakar |Updated : July 29, 2021 6:57 PM IST

COVID-19 vaccine maker company Pfizer Inc has said that it is planning to start studying the immunogenicity and safety issues of an updated version of its vaccine against novel coronavirus's fast-spreading and highly contagious Delta variant. "We also plan to start an immunogenicity and safety study in August to evaluate an updated version of our vaccine specifically designed to target the Delta variant," The US-based pharma company said in a statement. First identified in India, delta is currently present in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Meanwhile, India logged 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 3,14,84,605, while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent. Get all the live updates of COVID-19 here.

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