According to statistics issued by the Ministry of Health on Friday, India registered 2,841 new Covid-19 cases and 9 fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 5,24,190.
Tomorrow, vaccinations are to be widened to those between 18 and 44, but several states have said they cannot start the drive as they have no vaccine stocks.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 23,44,45,774 samples were tested for Covid-19 up to Sunday and of these, 880,655 samples were tested on the same day.
India on Monday began the next phase of Covid-19 vaccination for those above 60 years of age, and people between 45 and 59 years of age with specific comorbidities
