India witnessed highest spike in covid-19 cases as a record number of 97,399 cases were registered in last 24 hours. India has become the first and only country to cross the 97,000 marks, inching closer to reporting one lakh fresh cases mark in a single day.
The fresh new cases has taken country’s total toll past 44 lakh which currently stands at 44,65,864. Currently, India has 9,19,018 active cases, while 34,71,784 patients have been discharged. With 1,172 new fatalities in last 24 hours, the total death toll in the country has reached 75,602.
Maharashtra, which has been the worst affected state in India, also saw highest single-day surge as it reported 23,816 fresh cases, taking the total cases in the state to 9.6 lakh.
The total fatalities in the state are now at 27,787, with Mumbai alone responsible for 7,895 fatalities. As per the state official data, Maharashtra has contributed nearly 38 per cent of the total death in country.
Meanwhile, Oxford’s much awaited vaccine that it has developed with AstraZeneca, has been put on a hold due to its adverse effect on one of the volunteers. According to health website Stat News, the volunteer was a woman who has now shown symptoms of a neurological disorder that affects the the spinal cord.
India’s drug regulator issued a show-cause notice to the Pune-based Serum Institute of India for failing to share the information of the vaccine that it is manufacturing in agreement with AstraZeneca.
The United States remains the world’s worst affected country. The country has so far reported 190,000 deaths with cases exceeding 6.3 million marks.
