Covid LIVE: India's cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 506 million
Johns Hopkins' Center for Systems Science and Engineering revealed the current global caseload, death toll stood and vaccination tally stood at 201,690,263, 4,276,940 and 4,346,167,629, respectively
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A visitor receives a Covid-19 vaccine dose at an inoculation centre in Prayagraj (PTI Photo)
India saw a single-day rise of 38,628 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 31,895,385, while the death toll climbed to 427,371 with 617 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The active cases have declined to 412,153 and comprise 1.29 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.37 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
A decrease of 2,006 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 201 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.27 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.34 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll stood and vaccination tally stood at 201,690,263, 4,276,940 and 4,346,167,629, respectively.
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India’s cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has crossed 506.2 million, as per the 7 pm provisional report today. More than 5 million vaccine doses have been administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report. More than 187 million vaccine doses have been administered in the age group 18-44, so far.
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The previous record of 7,803 cases was registered on August 1.
"Over the past day, 7,899 new cases of the coronavirus were registered [in Kazakhstan]," the center said in a statement, adding that the total number of those infected has reached 626,412.
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First Published: Aug 07 2021 | 7:28 AM IST