Coronavirus: India records 48,786 new cases in last 24 hours – 6% more than yesterday

9.55 am: United States’ infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci flags disparity in vaccination rates in different regions of the country amid rise in cases due to the Delta variant, reports the Hindustan Times.

9.50 am: A survey by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna finds abnormal rise in blood sugar level in people who were infected with coronavirus during the second wave of the pandemic, reports NDTV.

9.33 am: India records 48,786 new coronavirus cases and 1,005 deaths in the last 24 hours, shows data from the Union health ministry. With this, the infection tally climbs to 3,04,11,634 and the toll to 3,99,459 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. The number of daily cases rise by 2,835 (6.16%) on Thursday, as compared to Wednesday.

There are currently 5,23,257 active cases in the country.

9.27 am: Bharat Biotech says it expects the emergency use listing of its Covaxin shot by the WHO not to be a long drawn process.

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