1.52 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours in fastest country to administer 100mn vaccines

NEW DELHI: Despite being the fastest country to administer 100 million vaccination mark in 85 days, India today detected over 1.52 lakh COVID-19 incidents, bringing the country's total to over 1.33 crore.

The COVID-19  disease has claimed the lives of 839 people in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 1,69,275.

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The number of active cases has surpassed 10,000 for the first time in nearly six months, and the country has seen 839 more deaths in a single day, the most since October 18 of last year.

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in India is 1,52,879. According to the Union Health Ministry, India has seen 90,584 discharges in the last 24 hours. India's COVID-19 caseload has risen to 1,33,58,805 with the present number of cases.

Currently, there are 11,08,087 active cases in India.

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The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country is 10,12,84,282, according to the ministry's preliminary report, with a total of 29,65,886 vaccine doses issued until 8 pm on Saturday.

It took 15,17,260 sessions and 90,03,060 healthcare staff to accomplish it.

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