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Delhi, (the states. news) India continues to
register its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with 1,84,372 people testing
positive in the last 24 hours, shooting the overall infection tally to
13,873,825, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said in its
Wednesday update.
The death toll from the deadly infection mounted to 172,115 after 1,027
fatalities since Tuesday.
Meanwhile, 82,339 people were discharged from the hospitals, taking the total
number of recoveries to 1,23,36,036. The current tally of active cases is
13,65,704. These figures make India the second worst-hit nation in terms of
total Covid-19 cases and the third-worst hit country in terms of active cases.
On the vaccination front, more than 10 crore doses have been administered since
January 16 as the government is looking forward to inviting foreign companies
like Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson to India to bridge its widening vaccine
deficiency. The plan is to increase the pace of vaccination with a bigger pool
of vaccines.
“We hope and we invite the vaccine makers such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson
& Johnson and others…to be ready to come to India as early as
possible,” said VK Paul, chairman of the National Expert Committee on
Vaccine Administration.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi will interact today with
Governors, LGs regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. (uni) (media saheb.com)
India records 1,84,372 nCoV cases in 24 hrs
