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COVID-19 Live: India Needs To Invest More In The Healthcare System To Tackle COVID-19, Says Guleria

COVID-19 Live: India Needs To Invest More In The Healthcare System To Tackle COVID-19, Says Guleria

India logged 43,509 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,15,28,114, while the active cases registered an increase for the second consecutive day.

Written by Satata Karmakar |Updated : July 30, 2021 7:18 PM IST

Coronavirus is here to stay, The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the virus can cause another ferocious war globally and that is why it is important to follow the pandemic guidelines. Of the four Covid-19 mutations that WHO has designated "variants of concern", the UN agency said that the Alpha variant is present in 182 countries, Beta is in 131, Gamma in 81 and after reaching eight new countries in the past week, the Delta variant is now in 132 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a "sharp" jump was reported in the number of the global Covid-19 deaths in the week between July 19-25.

Meanwhile, India logged 43,509 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,15,28,114, while the active cases registered an increase for the second consecutive day. The death toll climbed to 4,22,662 with 640 fresh fatalities. The active cases have increased to 4,03,840 and comprise 1.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.38 per cent. Get all the live updates here.

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