New Delhi (NVI): With 36,011 new Covid-19 cases, India’s total caseload today rose to 96,44,222, according to the data available with the Health Ministry.
The death toll mounted to 1,40,182 with 482 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The total active cases in the country stand at 4,03,248, while a total of 91,00,792 people have recovered with 41,970 being discharged since yesterday.
Apart from that, the Health Ministry has said that the present active caseload comprises 4.26% of the total positive cases. It said that the new recoveries have led to a net decline of 6,393 in the total active cases.
For the past eight days, the daily new recoveries recorded in the country have been more than the daily cases, the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Pfizer India has sought approval from India’s drug regulator – DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India) – for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine.
Pertinent to mention here that the US pharma giant has already secured clearance to roll out its vaccine in the United Kingdom and Bahrain.
The Covid death toll in the world’s worst-affected country- the US- surpassed 280,000, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The overall caseload in the US has topped 14.4 million.
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