Covid India, over 42 thousand infections in 24 hours: 21 July bulletin

India reports another 3,998 deaths attributable to the coronavirus, the saddest bulletin since last June 12, a figure due – according to the authorities – to a new update of the number of victims of the pandemic in the state of Maharashtra, which reported 3,509 deaths. Since the start of the health emergency, the Times of India points out, Maharashtra’s budget has been revised 14 times. In the last 24 hours in the Asian giant with a population of over 1.3 billion people, 42,015 new cases of Covid-19 have been ascertained, bringing the total to 31,216,337 infections since the beginning of the pandemic with 418,480 victims. According to official data, there are 407,170 active cases, while 30,390,687 people are declared recovered after contracting Covid-19. To date, more than 415 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, according to a study released yesterday by the US-based Center for Global Development, in India the deaths attributable to Covid may have been , since the beginning of the pandemic last June, up to ten times more than officially recorded. 67% of the population in the country has developed antibodies against Covid, according to a research reported by the ‘Times of India’, while a research on antibodies conducted between December and January had established their presence in 24% of the population. The Indian authorities hope that the high percentage of people with antibodies will make the country less vulnerable, but have warned that the percentage varies, even significantly, from state to state.