India’s COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,08,02,591 with 12,408 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death count increased to 1,54,823 with 120 daily new fatalities, the data showed.
Kerala reported the most (6,102) new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Maharashtra (2,736), Tamil Nadu (494), Karnataka (474) and Chhattisgarh (373). These five states account for 82 percent of all the new cases reported in India.
Maharashtra reported the most (46) new deaths, followed by Kerala (17), Delhi (7), Punjab (7), Chhattisgarh (6), and Uttar Pradesh (6). These six states account for 74 percent of all the new deaths reported across the country.
With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world’s second-highest number of coronavirus infections, but new cases and deaths have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
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Pfizer Inc has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in India that it has developed with Germany’s BioNTech, the company told Reuters on Friday.
A survey report has suggested that nearly 21.5% of India’s population may have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus. Healthcare workers would be administered the 2nd dose of Covid vaccine from Feb 13.
The US company, which was the first drugmaker to apply for emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine in the country, had a meeting with India’s drugs regulator on Wednesday and the decision was made after that, the company said.
