In good news for millions of Indians, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine is expected in India in early 2021. The Union Minister added that the Experts are currently busy drawing up plans on how to implement the distribution of the vaccine in the country.
“We hope that early next year we will have vaccines in the country from perhaps more than one source. Our expert groups are formulating strategies to plan how to implement the distribution of the vaccine in the country, ”said Harsh Vardhan during the meeting of the Group of Ministers.
Harsh Vardhan made the statement at a time when the number of COVID-19 cases in India exceeded 71 lakh. According to data from the Health Ministry released on Tuesday, coronavirus cases in India amount to 71,75,881, including 8,38,729 active cases, 62,27,296 cured / discharged / migrated cases and 1,09,856 deaths.
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Meanwhile, coronavirus cases in India recorded their lowest number on Tuesday (October 13, 2020) after a period of nearly two months. The number of positive cases registered in the last 24 hours amounts to 55,342. In the quick few weeks, India consistently recorded cases above the 70,000 mark.
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India recorded around 55,000 cases on July 31 (55,078), August 4 (52,050) and August 18 (55,079). India shows a decreasing trend in average daily cases over the past five weeks. On October 9, active cases fell below the 9 lakh mark and the number of new cases has been declining since then.
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Maharashtra remains the worst hit with a total of 15,35,315 cases, including 40,514 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
The total number of samples analyzed as of October 12 is 8,89,45,107, including 10,73,014 samples analyzed on Monday alone according to the report from the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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