India on Saturday registered 33,376 new infections and 308 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Mi...
India on Saturday registered 33,376 new infections and 308 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The new cases are 4.5% lower than Friday’s count of 34,973 cases.
The new cases pushed the overall tally of infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in January last year to 3,32,08,330. The toll rose to 4,42,317.
The number of active cases climbed by 870 to 3,91,516 and the recoveries reached 3,23,74,497.
A total of 73,05,89,688 vaccine doses have been administered in India since the beginning of the inoculation drive in January till Friday. As many as 65,27,175 doses were administered on Friday alone.
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Covid-19 review meeting with senior officers of the health ministry, the cabinet secretary and other officials.
The Prime Minister’s Office said that Modi noted the need to conduct constant genome sequencing to monitor the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus.
The prime minister said that there was a need to rapidly increase the availability of oxygen.
“Efforts are also on to install 961 liquid medical oxygen storage tanks and 1,450 medical gas pipeline systems with an aim to support at least one such unit per district,” the statement said.
