The daily death toll from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India crossed the 1,000-mark for the first time in the last 24 hours to touch 1,206. The mortality number was hovering below the 1,000 figure for the last few days but the Government is concerned about tourists throwing wind to caution as they throng hill stations.
On July 8th the death number was 817. On July 6, India recorded 553 deaths — lowest since April 6. It was on May 23 that India saw record fatalities with 4,454 deaths in 24 hours at the peak of the second wave.
Casewise, India recorded 42,766 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the 32nd consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. The active cases have now come down below 5 lakh. The country has 4,55,033 active cases presently and has witnessed a total of 4,07,145 deaths so far.
According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 45,254 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,99,33,538 till date. The Ministry said that a total of 37,21,96,268 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 30,55,802 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 42,90,41,970 samples have been tested up to July 9 for Covid-19.
Of these 19,55,225 samples were tested on Friday. The first death in the country due to the pandemic was reported in March 2020.
In the meantime, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed 37 crore on Friday with 30,55,802 doses administered across the country in the last 24 hours.
A total of 37,21,96,268 vaccine doses have been administered through 48,04,423 sessions, as per the provisional report of the Ministry till 7 a.m. on Saturday.
In the ongoing vaccination coverage, 1,02,44,459 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) have so far administered the first dose of the anti-Covid jabs and 73,84,439 of them have been provided with the second dose. A total of 1,76,51,159 Frontline Workers (FLWs) have received the first dose of the vaccine and 98,42,138 have been administered the second dose.
The vaccination exercise has so far covered 11,00,15,954 people aged between 18-44 who have got their first dose and 35,15,490 have received their second dose.
In the drive, 9,29,29,982 people of the age group between 45-59 have got their first dose of vaccine and 2,27,96,218 have been administered the second dose.