NEW DELHI, Jun 6 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 28,694,879 yesterday, with 120,529 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the lowest in the past two months, said the federal health ministry.
Besides, 3,380 deaths were reported since Friday morning, taking the death toll to 344,082. After falling to below the 3,000-level for the past couple of days, the daily deaths once again rose, during the past 24 hours.
There are 1,555,248 active cases, with a decrease of 80,745 in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases has been on the decline over the past few days, after a continuous surge since mid-Apr.
A total of 26,795,549 people has been cured and discharged from hospitals, showed the latest data from the federal health ministry.
India kicked off a nationwide vaccination drive in Jan, and so far over 227 million vaccination doses have been administered, and 3,650,080 vaccine doses were given on Friday alone.
Presently the third phase of vaccination is going on, covering all people aged 18 years and above. However, an acute shortage of vaccines is being seen across the country.
Meanwhile, the federal government ramped up testing capacities, as 361,174,142 tests were conducted till Friday, out of which 2,084,421 tests were conducted on Friday alone, said the latest data from the Indian Council of Medical Research, yesterday.– NNN-PTI
