So far, the country has accumulated 43,320,845 contagions since the disease broke out in January 2020.

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

The Asian nation reported 17 new deaths due to complications related to the disease in the last few hours, so the death toll rose to 524,890.

According to official data, India’s current Covid-19 active cases total 80,762.

To date, 42,715,193 Covid-19 patients recovered from the disease in the country.

At present, more than 1.963 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across the country.

pgh/iff/acl/abm