In the last 24 hours, India has seen a 38.4 percent increase in new Covid cases, up from 8, 822 cases the day before. It’s the first time since February 26 that the number of viral infections has surpassed 10,000 in a single day.
Here are the 5 leading coronavirus updates in India .
1) India’s active COVID-19 caseload presently stands at 58,215, which accounts for 0.13 per cent of the overall infections, the Health Ministry stated.
2) With 7,624 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total number of people who have recovered from the contagious vvirus now stands at 4,26,74,712.
3) COVID-19 immunisation for children aged 12 to 14 years began on March 16, 2022. The first dosage of the COVID vaccination has been given to around 3.53 crore (3,53,38,654) youngsters thus far.
4) On August 7, 2020, India’s COVID-19 tally reached 20 lakh, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and one crore on December 19, 2020.
5) On May 4, 2021, the country reached two million instances, and on June 23, it reached three million.
