India on Thursday recorded 91,702 new COVID-19 cases and 3,403 deaths, the Union Health Ministry’s data released on Friday showed. The total tally now stands at 2,92,74,823 and the death toll at 3,63,079.
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As of Friday, there are 11,21,671 active cases in the country. As many as 2,77,90,073 COVID-19 patients have recovered, including 1,34,580, who were discharged on Thursday.
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India started its mass COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 and as per the latest count, 239,058,360 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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After recording over 400,000 cases daily, India is now witnessing a dip, prompting states to lift the COVID-induced restrictions.