India’s covid-19 tally crossed 96.08 lakh with 36,652 new confirmed cases of covid-19 reported in last 24-hour, according to Health Ministry’s update.
As on date, the total caseload of covid-19 in country stands at 96,08,211. While 4,09689 are active cases, 90,58,822 people have recovered so far.
The death toll, meanwhile, continues to soar high even as number of cases dip down. With 512 more people dying due to the virus, the death toll has reached 1,39,700.
The national recovery rate in the country currently stands at 94.28 per cent while the fatality dropped to 1.45 per cent.
The total number samples tested up to Friday since the onset of pandemic is 14,58,85,512. Of these, 11,57,763 samples were tested on Friday, said Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR).
Here’re some more updates:
*Haryana Minister Anil Vij, who had administered covaxin shot on November 20, has tested positive for the infection.
*The United States in a new milestone reported 225,201 new cases of covid-19 on Friday, the highest single-day spike since the onset of pandemic.
*PM Narendra Modi on Friday called an all-party meeting wherein he discussed covid-19 situation with political leaders of different parties.
Addressing the meeting, the PM said that our scientists are positive that they will successfully launch a covid-19 vaccine in Indian market in few weeks.
*PM held all-party meeting & now they’re saying State & Centre will decide the price, how can it be? In Bihar, they gave assurance that vaccination will be free. We demand vaccine should be given to each Indian free of cost: Maharashtra minister & NCP leader Nawab Malik
*Bahrain on Friday announced that it has approved the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, becoming the second country after the US to do so.
*India is the biggest buyer of COVID-19 vaccines in the world with 1.6 billion doses, according to a global analysis.
Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 65.7 million, while the deaths recorded surged above 1.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
