India’s coronavirus case count surpassed the 53 lakh mark on Saturday with an increase of 93,337 new cases and 1,247 deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry reported.
The total count of cases amounts to 53,08,015, including 10,13,964 active cases, 42,08,432 cured / discharged / migrated and 85,619 deaths, suggested the website of the Ministry of Health.
ICMR conducted 8,81,911 tests on Friday, bringing the total count to 6,24,54,254 to date.
Maharashtra remains the hardest hit, reporting 21,656 new coronavirus cases, 22,078 recoveries, and 405 deaths on Friday, bringing total cases to 11,67,496, including 8,34,432 recoveries, 31,791 deaths, and 3,00,887 active cases. said the Department of Health.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi rose to 2,38,828 with 4,127 new cases and 30 deaths reported on Friday. The numbers of active and recovered cases are 32,250 and 2,01,671 respectively. The death toll is 4,907, the Delhi government declared.
About 30 candidates for the COVID-19 vaccine are in development across the country, by industry and academia, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Friday.
“Nationally, about 30 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in development, both by industry and academia. These vaccines are in different stages of preclinical and clinical development, of which three candidates are in the advanced stage. of the Phase I / II / III trials and four are in an advanced stage of preclinical development. Support for the development of vaccine-related research resources, the establishment of clinical trial sites, and the reporting of the enabling regulatory guidelines, “Vardhan said in a written response to a question on Lok Sabha.
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