On Wednesday, India marked it’s 357th day since the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic.
India recorded 28,903 new COVID-19 cases, registering more than 20,000 cases for the seventh day in a row, taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union health ministry said.
The total cases in the country rose to 1,14,38,734,while the death toll increased to 1,59,044. The total active caseload has increased to 2,34,406. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,45,284.
Globally, more than 12.03 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 27.88 lakh have died so far. India has begun the second phase of the vaccination drive in which everyone above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
India’s regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 3.48 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry.