INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India has one of the highest recovery rates in the world and now accounts for 19 per cent of all recoveries in the world.Meanwhile,
fatalities due to the deadly virus have increased to 87,882 after 1,130 deaths in the last 24 hours
It may be noted that India has one of the lowest Covid-19 fatalities in the world at 1.6 per cent of total cases.Follow coronavirus live
updatesWith nearly 3 lakh active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state due to Covid-19
More than 32,000 people have died in Maharashtra, the highest among all other Indian states and UTs.Delhi, the national capital, is also
reporting a high number of cases for the past few weeks
However, the government has assured people that there is nothing to be concerned about and the high number of cases are only due to
total cases; the US has over 68 lakh cases.The government has plans to further ramp up testing in the country to tackle the Covid-19
situation better.In what seems to be a positive development, the DGCI has approved the commercial launch of Feluda, which is an advanced
CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) Covid-19 testing launched by Tata.The Tata CRISPR test matches accuracy
levels of traditional RT-PCR tests with quicker turnaround time
These tests are likely to replace the lesser reliable rapid antigen tests
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