India recorded 26,727 new Covid-19 cases on Friday morning, taking the total number of infections in the country since the outbreak of the ...
India recorded 26,727 new Covid-19 cases on Friday morning, taking the total number of infections in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic in January last year to 3,37,66,707. The tally on Friday was 13.59% higher than Thursday’s count of 23,529 cases.
The number of deaths due to the coronavirus in India increased to 4,48,339 with 277 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. On Friday morning, India’s count of active Covid-19 cases stood at 2,75,224, and active cases decreased by 1,796 in the past 24 hours.
A total of 3,30,43,144 persons have recovered from Covid-19 in the country so far.
A total of 89,02,08,007 Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the country till Friday morning, as per the Union health ministry’s figures. In the past day, 64,40,451 people received vaccine doses.
Other updates
- The Union government will provide financial assistance to Mizoram and also send an expert team to the state to deal with the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases there, IANS reported. About 1,500 people are testing positive for the virus every day, the agency quoted officials as saying.
- Pune’s Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College has started phase 2 and 3 trials of the Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children between 7 and 11 years of age, ANI quoted Sanjay Lalwani, medical director of the hospital as...
