Highlights: Delhi reports 384 fresh coronavirus cases in last 24 hours
The United States and India are the only countries to have crossed the 10 million Covid-19 case mark, with the US' tally being almost twice that of India's. Brazil is next with over 7.7 million cases
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DCGI grants SII permission to manufacture Covishield
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17,341 new Covid-19 cases, 293 deaths in Brazil
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India's Covid-19 recoveries rise to 9,946,867
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India's latest daily Covid-19 count falls to 16,504
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175,635,761 samples tested for Covid-19: ICMR
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Govt publishes trajectory of daily new cases in six states with most active cases
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India’s tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is at 10,323,965 after the Union health ministry on Sunday said the country had logged a total of 18,177 new infections in the preceding 24 hours. The global tally of cases, on the other hand, has crossed 85 million and is currently at 85,059,632, the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker shows. The tracker also shows that the disease has claimed a total of 1,842,026 lives thus far, with the United States, with over 20 million cases, being the worst-affected country.
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On Sunday, India’s wait for a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) came to an end as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) announced it had given approval for use in emergency cases of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech’s vaccines. While Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will manufacture Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is the country’s first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19. A third vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D of Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila, was given the nod for phase 3 trials.
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DCGI grants SII permission to manufacture Covishield
Drugs Controller General of India grants permission to Serum Institute of India to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine Covishield.
Drugs Controller General of India grants permission to Serum Institute of India to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' pic.twitter.com/qRX3ZI9xai
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021
17,341 new Covid-19 cases, 293 deaths in Brazil
Brazil recorded 17,341 new cases of Covid-19, along with 293 deaths, its health ministry said on Sunday.
India's Covid-19 recoveries rise to 9,946,867
19,557 new discharges take India's Covid-19 recoveries to 9,946,867. Active cases slump to 243,953.
India's latest daily Covid-19 count falls to 16,504
India logs 16,504 new Covid-19 cases as tally reaches 10,340,469 . 214 fatalities take death toll to 149,649.
175,635,761 samples tested for Covid-19: ICMR
175,635,761 samples tested up to 3rd January. 735,978 samples tested on 3rd January: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Govt publishes trajectory of daily new cases in six states with most active cases
Union health ministry shares graph showing trajectory of daily new cases in six states with highest active cases.
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— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) January 4, 2021
First published: Jan 04, 2021 07:09 IST