India has reported record 2,34,692 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s overall Covid tally to 1,45,26,609, according to the Health Ministry data released on Saturday. This is the third consecutive day that the country has registered over 2 lakh Covid cases. India recorded 2,00,739 and 2,17,353 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
The death toll due to covid-19 was reported at 1,341, taking the country’s death toll to 1,75,649 so far. The daily active cases tally on Friday rose to 16,79,740.
A total of 1,23,354 patients recovered in the same time span, taking the number of recoveries to 1,26,71,220, with a recovery rate of 87.23 per cent.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 14,95,397 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 26,49,72,022 samples have been tested in the country.
According to the government data, a total of 30,04,544 people were also vaccinated in the same period, taking the total inoculation count to 11,99,37,641.
Maharashtra (3,703,584), Kerala (1,197,301), Karnataka (1,109,650), Tamil Nadu (962,935), and Andhra Pradesh (942,135) are the most affected states by the pandemic.
Delhi and Maharashtra recorded their biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases since early 2020. The national capital has registered on Friday night 19,486 new cases.
Here’s some more updates:
*Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will today hold a meet with health ministers of 11 states on Covid crisis. The meeting will start at 11:30 AM.
*Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a high-level meet about the efforts being made by the government to import medical grade oxygen to bridge the demand-supply gap.
*German Chancellor Angela Merkel received on Friday her first dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, she announced via government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Twitter
*The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 139.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.99 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
