India on Friday recorded 81,466 new coronavirus cases , pushing the overall count in the country to 1,23,03,131, data from the Union health...
India on Friday recorded 81,466 new coronavirus cases, pushing the overall count in the country to 1,23,03,131, data from the Union health ministry showed.
The toll climbed by 469 to 1,63,396. As many as 1,15,25,039 patients have recovered from the infection. The active cases tally has continued to show an upward trend and rose up to 6,14,696.
So far, 6,87,89,138 Covid-19 vaccines doses have been administered, of which 36,71,242 were given on Thursday. The country has begun its third phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive, under which all people above 45 years will be covered.
The Union Cabinet Secretary will hold a meeting on Friday with representatives of 11 states that are showing a surge in coronavirus cases, ANI reported.
India’s infections have exceeded 60,000 daily over the past week from a low of about 10,000 in February, prompting warnings from the health ministry about the situation going “from bad to worse”.
Maharashtra is once again the worst-affected region in the country, reporting 43,183 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, as the state’s tally went up to 28,56,163. The single-day count once again rose from Wednesday’s figure of 39,544 cases. The number of deaths jumped from 227 on Wednesday to 249 on Thursday, as the toll rose to 54,898.
The state capital Mumbai recorded a record...Read more
