NEW DELHI – India's Covid-19 tally rose to 26,289,290 with 257,299 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, said its Health and Family Welfare Ministry today.
A total of 4,194 deaths were recorded since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 295,525. The single-day deaths have once again peaked beyond the 4,000-mark for the past two days after declining to 3,874 on Thursday, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
There are still 2,923,400 active cases in the country, a decrease of 104,525 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-April.
About 23 million recoveries have been logged so far across the country.
Most states in India have imposed night-time curfews and partial or complete lockdowns.
More than 193 million vaccination doses have been administered nationwide, with 1,458,895 shots given yesterday alone.
The third phase of India's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is under way, covering all people aged 18 and above.
Meanwhile, the government has ramped up Covid-19 testing facilities. More than 326 million tests have been conducted till yesterday, of which two million were conducted yesterday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research today.
Three brands of vaccines are being administered to the Indian populace, which are Covishield, Covaxin and the Russia-made Sputnik V. – Bernama, May 22, 2021
