India has reported 22,890 new Coronavirus infections and 338 deaths in the past 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
India’s overall case tally stood at 99,79,447 on Friday, while the death toll reached 1,44,789, the ministry added.
In the past 11 months, 95,20,827 people have recovered from the deadly virus.
As of now, there are 3,13,831 active cases in the country. The recovery rate stands at 95.40 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.45 as per cent.
A total of 15,89,18,646 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till now. Of these, 11,13,406 samples were tested on Thursday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Health ministry on Thursday said that in comparison to the western countries, India has managed to track down the virus as it has the highest recovery rate in the world.
“COVID-19 cases in India are steadily coming down while the caseload of infection in many parts of the world is experiencing a second or even a third peak, ” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.
“With focused strategy and proactive as well as calibrated measures of the Union Government along with the States and UTs, India has sustained a very high Recovery Rate along with rapidly declining Active Cases and low mortality rate,” the health ministry had said on Thursday.
Here are some more updates:
*Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state by the pandemic with 18,84,773 cases till date.
* Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh are responsible for over 70 per cent of daily infections of the country.
*Odisha government on Thursday announced free covid-19 vaccine for all its healthcare and frontline workers.
*SC on Friday asked all the states and UTs to form committees to undertake fire safety audit of all hospitals, including exclusive Covid care facilities, every month.
*California reported 53,711 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record for the most populous US state.
*Mainland China reported 11 new cases of covid-19.
*The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed 74.8 million and the deaths have surged to more than 1.66 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, on the vaccine front, as many as eight Covid-19 vaccine candidates are under different stages of clinical trials which could be ready for authorisation in near future, including three indigenous vaccines.