For the third day in a row, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in a 24-hour span saw another record high, with 34,602 patients having recuperated pushing the recovery rate to 63.45%, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
A 30-year-old male, on Friday, became the first person to be administered the first dose of India’s indigenous COVID vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, one of the 12 sites selected to test the vaccine.
The subject, who was monitored for two hours at the hospital, has been discharged and will be under medical supervision for the next two weeks, said doctors at AIIMS.
With 48,962 COVID-19 positive cases and 757 deaths on Friday, for the third consecutive day cases and deaths in India crossed the 45,000 and 750 marks.
Total cases stood at 13,36,874, with more that one lakh cases added in just the last two days.
Source : The Hindu
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