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.