Old records of Corona breaking every day, more than 2.34 lakh cases in last 24 hours

New Delhi, ANI. Corona virus infection in India made another record of new cases on Saturday. According to the Union Health Ministry, 2,34,692 new cases of COVID-19 occurred in the country in the last 24 hours and 1,341 people died. After this, the total number of infected people in the country so far has risen to 1,45,26,609 and the death toll has risen to 1,75,649. For the past 9 days, the number of infections coming every day is setting a record. India, which is battling the second wave of Covid-19, is second only to America in the list of infected countries in the world.

According to the data released by the ministry, the total number of active cases in the country at present is 16,79,740 and the total number of discharged cases is 1,26,71,220. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 26,49,72,022 sample tests for corona virus have been done in India till yesterday, of which 14,95,397 samples were tested yesterday.

As far as corona vaccination is concerned, a total of 11,99,37,641 people have been given vaccine doses since January 16 in the country. So far, about 12 crore doses of vaccine have been put under vaccination in the country. According to the Union Health Ministry, 26.14 lakh vaccines were administered till 8 pm on the 91st day of the campaign.

The ministry said that the maximum number of 8.45 crore people above 45 years of age has been given the first vaccine and more than 45 lakh people have been given the second dose of vaccine. Apart from these, the beneficiaries include 91.04 lakh health workers (first dose), 56.69 lakh health workers (second dose), 1.06 crore frontline workers (first dose) and 52.94 lakh frontline workers (second dose).

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