The Sunday Guardian

INDIA REPORTS HIGHEST-EVER SINGLE-DAY COVID CASES SPIKE

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NEW DELHI: India reported its highest-ever single-day spike of Covid-19 cases with over 2.34 lakh new cases and more than 1,300 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. In the last 24 hours, 1,341 Covid-related deaths were reported in the country taking the death toll to 1,75,649. As many as 2,34,692 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases has gone up to 1,45,26,609. The active number of cases stands at 16,79,740. In the last 24 hours, 1,23,354 people recovered from the disease. With this, the total recoveries reached 1,26,71,220. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 14,95,397 samples were tested on Friday. And, as many as 26,49,72,022 samples have been tested across the country till April 16. Meanwhile, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administer­ed in the country stands at 11,99,37,641 till today. The Drug Controller General of India approved the use of Russian Sputnik V against coronaviru­s on Monday. Now, India has three vaccines Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V for inoculatio­n programme.

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