Deaths from this cause increased to 459 thousand 873, after another 221 people who succumbed to the contagious disease were notified this Friday, reported the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
According to government data, India currently has 148,922 sick or active cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of this disease.
To date, 33 million 724 thousand 959 patients have overcome the infection, for a nationwide recovery rate of 98.23 percent, which is the highest since March 2020.
Slightly more than 1.77 million doses of coronavirus vaccines were administered at the moment in this country of 1.4 billion inhabitants, according to statistics from health authorities.
India remains the second most affected nation in the world in terms of the number of cases of the current pandemic, only behind the United States, which is around 46 million infected people, according to data from the World Health Organization.
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