1.34 lakh new Covid cases in India, 2,887 deaths

India on Thursday recorded 1.34 lakh fresh Covid cases and 2,887 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country's government data showed.

This marks the tenth straight day that India's positivity rate is below 10 per cent. 

The country has administered over 22 crore vaccine doses since January and has an aim to vaccinate all eligible people by the end of this year, an NDTV report said.

In New Delhi, the positivity rate was recorded below 10 per cent for the tenth straight day as 1.34 lakh fresh Covid cases and 2,887 deaths were recorded, the government data showed.

Meanwhile, the Indian government has booked 30 crore doses of Hyderabad-based Biological-E's Covid vaccine, which is still in clinical trials.

After Pfizer, now Serum Institute of India, the world's biggest vaccine maker has sought protection from indemnity.

"Not just Serum Institute of India (SII), all the vaccine companies should get indemnity protection against liabilities if foreign companies are granted it," Serum sources said today, adding that rules should be the same for everyone.

The country's Health Ministry will make an advance payment of INR 1,500 crore to the company for what will be the second made-in-India vaccine to be used in the country after Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.