The Covid vaccine coverage has crossed the 66 crore mark, with at least one dose in 54% of adults and the required two doses in 16%.
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,29,03,289 with the country reporting 45,352 new infections today. With 366 virus-related deaths, the total fatality climbed to 4,39,895, according to the data updated at 8 am.
A negative RT-PCR result not older than 72 hours has been made mandatory for passengers travelling to India from seven more countries, including, China and South Africa. The move comes after the discovery of a new Covid variant – C.1.2 – which could be more infectious and has shown signs of evading protection provided by vaccines.
The active cases increased to 3,99,778 comprising 1.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.45 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 10,195 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The new variant was first detected in South Africa in May. It has since been found in China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, England, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland.