India registers 1,206 deaths, 42,766 new coronavirus cases

Gulf Today Report

India on Saturday has registered 1,206 deaths and 42,766 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total infections to 30.71 million, according to data from the health ministry.

With 1,206 new deaths, the South Asian's countries death toll has reached 4,07,145 deaths so far.

People try to console a woman mourning the demise of her relative who died from the coronavirus. AFP

According to the Union Health Ministry a total of 45,254 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,99,33,538 till date.

This is the 32nd consecutive day when India reported less than 100,000 new coronavirus cases.

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The active cases have now come down below 500,000. The country has 4,55,033 active cases presently.

The Ministry said that a total of 37,21,96,268 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 30,55,802 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.

A man runs to escape heat emitting from the multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in New Delhi. AP

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 42,90,41,970 samples have been tested up to July 9 for COVID-19. Of these 19,55,225 samples were tested on Friday.

On July 6, India recorded 553 deaths — lowest since April 6. This was after on May 23, India saw record fatalities with 4,454 deaths in 24 hours at the peak of the second wave.

The first death in the country due to the pandemic was reported in March 2020.