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India recorded 30,948 fresh Covid-19 cases, a drop of 10.18 per cent from Saturday. About 403 deaths were recorded during the period, according to the Health Ministry.
India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has reached 58 crore with 44 lakh vaccine doses administered till Saturday evening, reports NDTV.
The daily positivity rate remains less than 3 per cent for the last 27 days and is presently at 1.95 per cent. Active cases constitute 1.09 per cent of total cases, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands 97.57 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said.
No death due to Covid-19 was recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 19 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the health ministry. This is the 12th time since the starting of the second wave of the pandemic in the national capital that zero deaths have been logged in a day.
Zydus Cadila, whose Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D for adults and children aged 12 years and above got approval Friday, said it hopes to produce one crore doses per month by October.
The company said it will produce 3-5 crore doses by December-January, adding that it will not be able to meet the government's commitment of 5 crore doses from August to December.
At present, vaccines Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V are being given to only those above 18 years of age and unlike ZyCoV-D, which is three-dose, these are administered in two doses.
Over 87,000 people across the country have been reported Covid positive after the second dose of vaccination. At least 46 per cent of those cases are from Kerala, Health Ministry sources have told NDTV.
Coronavirus cases worldwide have surpassed the 200 million mark. Cases are rising in about one-third of the world's countries, many of which have not even given half their population the first dose.