Covid-19 update: India's tally reaches past 99 lakh with 22,065 cases

India, which is the second-worst nation by the pandemic in the world, is nearing the grim milestone of 10 million.

In the last 24-hour, 22,065 new coronavirus cases were recorded which took the overall tally to 99,06,165 on Tuesday the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. With 354 new deaths, the overall death toll have mounted 43,709, the health ministry noted.

Till now, 94,22,636 people have recovered with over 34,477 more people recuperating in the last 24 hours. Currently, there are 3,39,820 active cases in the country.

Meanwhile, the recovery rate stands at 94.98 per cent and the casualty rate is at 1.45 per cent.

A cumulative total of 15,55,60,655 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till now. Of these, 9,93,665 samples were tested on Monday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.

Here are some more updates:

*The Centre government on Monday released guidelines for vaccination drive across the country. With latest developments, it is expected that the govt may give a green signal to one or more covid-19 vaccine.

*The US and Canada on Monday started first phase of its vaccination drive with Pfizer's vaccine . In the US, Sandra Lindsay, who is a nurse by profession, became the first person to administer the shot. Sharing her experience with a US newspaper, Sandra said that it was her goal of the day, not to get vaccinated, but to inspire people to believe in science.

* In a grim milestone, the covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 300,000 people in the US.

*Brazil reported 433 new coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 181,835, the second highest in the world after the US, according to the Ministry of Health.

*Bahrain's health regulator announced that it has officially approved the registration of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group, or Sinopharm, a state media report said.

Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.62 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.