The most important finding of the study was that the Spike-protein neutralising antibodies found in the mixed vaccine groups were significantly higher than the same-vaccine groups, D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman of AIG Hospitals said.
An increase of 2,613 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days.
India saw a single day rise of 58,077 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,36,137, while the active cases have declined to 6,97,802, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday.
Active cases of infection fell below 9 lakh after a month comprising 12.94 per cent of the total caseload
In a tweet, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, "7,040 people underwent rapid-antigen test at 193 centres across Delhi. Of this, 456 people have been found positive."
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An increase of 3,482 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Vardhan said the ICMR is actively researching on reports of COVID-19 reinfection and although the number of such cases is negligible at this moment, the government is fully seized of the importance of the matter, the health ministry said in a statement.
Active case tally increased by 3,769 and now comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections.
The decline in the effectiveness of Covaxin, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, from 77.8 per cent to 50 per cent during a Delta-driven case surge in April and May this year is neither bad nor surprising, say scientists.
A nasal vaccine, one expert said, is a "fantastic idea" for two reasons -- one, it can potentially create sterile immunity, and two, it is easy to administer and thus scalable.
In the trial, the vaccine will be given by the intramuscular route in two doses on day 0 and day 28.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,636 with six fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,07,569 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.92 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,323 with 20 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Maharashtra has reported 3,75,799 coronavirus cases, the highest among states in the country.
"The Indian Medical Association has requested all its 3.5 lakh members in 1,800 local branches to voluntarily come out to get vaccinated first to show the world that these vaccines are safe and efficacious," it said.
There are 2,89,240 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 2.86 per cent of the total caseload.
The World Health Organisation has issued warning against XE, a new variant of Omicron first detected in the UK.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,36,487 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.65 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,241 with 27 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,06,111, pushing the national recovery rate to 95.53 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent, according to the data.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
There are now 1,348 testing labs in the country comprising 914 in the public sector and 434 private labs.
So far, less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose.
India's active cases cases dipped to 20,403.
The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
The national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.10 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India logged 3,377 new COVID-19 infections taking the country's total tally of cases to 4,30,72,176, while the active cases rose to 17,801, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday.
The total active cases increased by 643 in a day and comprised 0.04 per cent of the total infections.
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The number of active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country has gone up to 37,45,237, accounting for 16.53 per cent of its total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.39 per cent.
The second wave is expected based on what is happening in Europe, the govt said.
An increase of 1,093 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with 214 fresh fatalities, including 213 from Kerala.
A total of 76,56,478 people have recuperated from the infection so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.09 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent.
