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Covid-19 India Updates: More Than 44,000 New Cases For Fourth Day, 460 Deaths Reported

Follow all updates around the Covid-19 outbreak in India here.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A vendor waits for customers at a clothing store in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)<br></p></div>
A vendor waits for customers at a clothing store in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)
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  • In May, company had said it would utilise wholly-owned subsidiary Chiron Behring in Gujarat to manufacture 20 crore additional doses of Covaxin.

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Covid Cases Continue To Rises

India's daily Covid-19 infection rate continued to rise with over 45,000 new cases being reported over the past 24 hours.

As many as 45,083 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 29. Daily new cases have remained above 44,000-mark for the fourth straight day now.

The country reported 35,840 recoveries and 460 deaths during the same period. India's active case tally inched up to 3.68 lakh with new cases outpacing recoveries.

Key Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,26,95,030

  • Active cases: 3,68,558

  • Cured/discharged/migrated: 3,18,88,642

  • Total deaths: 4,37,830

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 45,083 Number of recoveries in 24 hours: 35,840

  • Deaths recorded in 24 hours: 460