NEW DELHI – India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 23,703,665 today with 362,727 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, while the death toll swelled to 258,317 with 4,120 deaths since yesterday morning, its Health Ministry announced today.
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency, there are still 3,710,525 active cases in the country, with an increase of 6,426 cases in the past 24 hours.
A total of 19,734,823 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far across the country.
The Covid-19 figures continue rising in the country every day as the federal government has ruled out imposing a complete lockdown to contain the worsening situation. Many states have also imposed night curfews and partial or complete lockdowns, it said.
Principal scientific adviser to India’s federal government K. Vijay Raghavan had recently stated that a third Covid-19 wave is “inevitable” in the country.
Delhi has been put under a third successive lockdown till May 17. While some school examinations remain cancelled, others have been postponed in the wake of Covid-19 situation.
Xinhua also reported that so far, 177,214,256 vaccination doses have been administered to people across the country.
Presently, the third phase of the country’s immunisation drive is active, covering all aged 18 years and above.
Meanwhile, the federal government has ramped up Covid-19 testing facilities across the country, as over 309 million tests have been conducted so far.
As many as 309,448,585 tests have been conducted till yesterday, out of which 1,864,594 tests were conducted yesterday alone, said the latest data issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research today. – Bernama, May 13, 2021
