Summary:
New Delhi: India has reported 41,322 fresh COVID-19 cases till today, 4% lower than on Friday, taking its overall number to 93.51 lakh cases and 1,36,200 deaths, Union Health Ministry data shows.
These numbers come even as a vaccine to fight back the virus seemed tantalisingly close.
The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala were the most affected ones, with deaths ranging from 23 to 85 in the past 24 hours.
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New Delhi: India has reported 41,322 fresh COVID-19 cases till today, 4% lower than on Friday, taking its overall number to 93.51 lakh cases and 1,36,200 deaths, Union Health Ministry data shows.
These numbers come even as a vaccine to fight back the virus seemed tantalisingly close.
The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala were the most affected ones, with deaths ranging from 23 to 85 in the past 24 hours.
Here are the top-10 developments on this front from the past 24 hours:
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India`s top vaccine hubs today to review the COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing process.
He began with Zydus Cadila`s plant near Ahmedabad in the morning.
From there, he is expected to move to Pune`s Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for a vaccine.
His next stop will be Bharat BioTech, Hyderabad, which is working on Covaxin, pitched as India`s first indigenous vaccine candidate.
2. One of the developers of Russia`s Sputnik V vaccine has announced that India-based drugmaker Hetero will produce over 100 million doses of the shot.