India Registers 46K Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Covid Fatalities Remain Below 1000

India has reported less than 50,000 cases in the last 24 hours while the covid fatalities continue to remain below 1000.

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Covid Update: India reports 46,617 new Covid 19 cases, 59,384 recoveries, and 853 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.

Total cases: 3,04,58,251

Total recoveries: 2,95,48,302

Active cases: 5,09,637

Death toll: 4,00,312

Total Vaccination: 34,00,76,232

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed that 41,42,51,520 samples tested for Covid 19 up to 1st July 2021. Of these, 18,80,026 samples were tested yesterday.

Sputnik V Vaccine rolled out in Delhi

Private hospital chains Fortis Healthcare and Apollo Hospitals have started administering Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at two of their hospitals in Delhi-NCR, officials said on Thursday.
Indraprastha Apollo in Delhi started administering Sputnik V in a staged manner from Wednesday. Around 1,000 people have been vaccinated so far, a hospital spokesperson said.
"On-the-spot registration and walk-in facility for Sputnik V is currently restricted, we are encouraging beneficiaries to take appointments through the CoWin app," the official said.
According to a Fortis Healthcare official, the hospital chain started providing Sputnik V jabs last week at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram and Fortis Hospital, Mohali.