India’s daily covid tally reaches 2,33,40,938 with 3,48,421 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours. At 4,205, India records its highest Covid deaths taking the death toll to 2,54,197. India currently has 37,04,099 active cases of coronavirus so far.
According to the Health Ministry, a total of 3,55,338 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, with 1,93,82,642 being cured from Covid till date.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 17,52,35,991 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 24,46,674 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 30,75,83,991 samples have been tested up to May 11 for Covid-19. Of these 19,83,804 samples were tested on Tuesday.
Here’s some more updates:
*The Maharashtra government has decided to use hospitals attached to medical colleges as treatment centres for Mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection now affecting coronavirus patients, said health minister Rajesh Tope.
*Supreme Court should not only form a task force for COVID management but also form a parallel National Government as the Modi-led BJP govt has failed to protect the country from the pandemic.
*Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin was recommended by an expert panel for phase II/III clinical trial on those aged between two to 18 years, official sources told PTI.
*Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that the state is currently focusing on inoculating people above the age of 45 and have paused the vaccination campaign for those between 18 to 44 so far.
* The Indian coronavirus variant (B1617), which has now been declared a “variant of global concern” has spread to 44 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
Meanwhile, overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 159.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.31 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
