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India's Covid chart continued to show improvement on Monday with the country recording 1.06 lakh cases in the last 24 hours, a drop of 12 per cent from Sunday's 1.14 lakh infections that were reported to be the lowest in two months., reports NDTV.
The country's caseload now stands at 2.89 crore.
Besides, the number of deaths rose by 2,427 in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 349,186.
The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi will conduct clinical trials of Covaxin on children from today, sources have said. The clinical trials are taking place amid concerns by experts that children could be majorly affected in the possible third wave of the virus.
Meanwhile, Delhi government - which has run out of Covaxin stocks - has asked private hospitals and nursing homes not to administer Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine to those who are coming in for their first jab. So far 56,51,226 doses have been administered in the city, including 12,84,000 people who have been fully vaccinated.
More than 23 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far in India under the mega inoculation plan. However, states continue to face shortage of the two vaccines currently being used.
Several states, including Maharashtra, have announced cautious steps towards restarting activities after over a month following a dip in Covid cases. But others like Haryana and Sikkim have announced their Covid-induced lockdowns will continue till June 14.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.
