This was the fifth day in a row that new coronavirus infections increased by over 45,000 in India, although the Covid-19 mortality rate fell to 2.25 percent. Meanwhile, recoveries exceeded 950,000.
At present, there are 496,988 active cases of the infection in the country, whereas 952,743 patients have already overcome this dangerous contagious disease, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The recovery rate for Covid-19 patients is now 64.23 percent, according to official statistics.
Most cases of the current pandemic in India are largely asymptomatic, said Minister of Health, Doctor Harsh Vardhan, to the station All India Radio.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, at least 17,334,885 samples were analyzed in the country’s laboratories to detect the presence of the virus. A new record of 528,082 tests was set on Monday.
The national government identified five places across the country for the third and last phase of trials in humans of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19.
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