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Coronavirus Live Updates: 'India expects 3-4 million Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses by August'

Malini T
·2-min read
INDIA - JULY 06: Pfizer Global Manufacturing Plant In Thane, Navi Mumbai, India. (Photo by Umesh Goswami/The The India Today Group via Getty Images)
INDIA - JULY 06: Pfizer Global Manufacturing Plant In Thane, Navi Mumbai, India. (Photo by Umesh Goswami/The The India Today Group via Getty Images) (The India Today Group via Getty Images)

India expects to receive 3 million to 4 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots through the COVAX facility by August, two sources said, as it tries to expand inoculations to prevent another surge in infections.

COVAX, led by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO), could ship the U.S.-made doses to India as early as this month, one of the sources aware of the discussions told Reuters.

"It's a donation through COVAX," said the source. Both sources declined to be named as the discussions are private.

India added 43,733 new cases of coronavirus taking the total tally to 3,06,63,665, while the active cases further declined to 4,59,920, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,04,211 with 930 daily fatalities.

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The 930 new fatalities include 395 from Maharashtra, 142 from Kerala and 92 from Karnataka.

A total of 4,04,211 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,23,531 from Maharashtra, 35,526 from Karnataka, 33,132 from Tamil Nadu, 25,001 from Delhi, 22,656 from Uttar Pradesh, 17,834 from West Bengal and 16,131 from Punjab.

The ministry also said that cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 36.13 crore under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

The active cases have further declined to, 4,59,920 and comprise 1.50 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.18 per cent, the data showed.

Also, 19,07,216 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 42,33,32,097.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.29 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 16 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.39 per cent.

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