Latest News Highlights: India Reports Biggest Daily Jump In COVID-19 Infections This Year Latest News Highlights: India Reports Biggest Daily Jump In COVID-19 Infections This Year India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases, behind the United States and Brazil.
More than 2.82 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India till now. (File)
New Delhi:
India reported the year s biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 25,320 new infections. India s COVID-19 deaths rose by 161 to 158,607 over the last 24 hours, Sunday s data show, compared to an average of about 100 since early February.
India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases, behind the United States and Brazil.
COVID-19 cases rise in 5 states, Centre says must stick to safety measures.
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The upswing comes after a low that started in November-December
It also comes amid a race to push forward the vaccination process
New Delhi:
Five states Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are experiencing an upsurge in daily cases, the Centre said today. The upswing comes after a low that started in November-December and amid a race to push forward the vaccination process. The Centre has said that more than 1.07 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far to health workers and frontline workers for Covid.
Latest News Highlights: Over 1.08 Crore COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered, Says Centre Latest News Highlights: Over 1.08 Crore COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered, Says Centre Latest News Live Updates: Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an upsurge in daily new cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said.
Daily COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to about 14,000. (File)
New Delhi:
A total of 1.08 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered till now with 1.86 lakh jabs given today, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 1,08,38,323 doses administered, Joint Secretary in the Union Health ministry Mandeep Bhandari said 72,26,653 vaccination doses were administered to healthcare workers and 36,11,670 to frontline workers whose inoculation started on February 2. Of the 70,52,845 vaccination doses, 63,52,713 healthcare workers were administered the first dose while 8,73,940 healthcare workers were administered the second
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