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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, July 4: For the second time in one week, Maharashtra broke its own national record in daily Covid vaccinations by notching 796,738 jabs.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Sunday, July 4: For the second time in one week, Maharashtra broke its own national record in daily Covid vaccinations by notching 796,738 jabs, a top official said here on Saturday.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Health Minister Rajesh Tope lauded the health department and medical teams across the state for their dedication which resulted in the record-breaking vaccination figures on Saturday.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Pradeep Vyas said that by 8 pm on Saturday, the state had administered 796,738 Covid doses for the day.
The inoculation drive was still in progress at many centres and the state could cross the 8 lakh-mark later tonight, he said.
This is the highest since the last record of 738,704 vaccination doses registered last Saturday (June 26), Vyas said.
The national capital reported 86 new Covid cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the daily health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Saturday.
The daily Covid positivity rate stood at 0.11 per cent, it said.
A total of 106 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,08,456.
With the latest deaths reported on Saturday, Delhi's overall Covid death has reached close to the 25,000-mark at 24,989.
A total of 76,619 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 54,103 through RT-PCR and 22,516 through the Rapid Antigen method.
The national capital's active caseload stood at 1,016 on Saturday.
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