So far, the country has accumulated 43,270,577 contagions since the disease broke out in January 2020.

It remains the world’s second most affected nation in terms of the number of confirmed cases, only behind the United States.

On Friday, India also reported 14 new deaths due to complications related to the disease, so the death toll rose to 524,817.

According to official data, India’s current Covid-19 active cases total 63,063.

To date, 42,682,697 Covid-19 patients recovered from the disease across the country.

At present, more than 1.958 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in this South Asian nation.

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