India reported 14,545 new COVID-19 cases, 18,002 discharges, and 163 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Friday.
The country’s caseload reached 1,06,25,428, including 1,88,688 active cases and 1,02,83,708 recoveries. The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country mounted to 1,53,032.
Kerala has the highest number of active coronavirus cases (69,998) in the country and followed by Maharashtra with 46,836 active cases.
As many as 10,43,534 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in India so far.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 19,01,48,024 samples tested for COVID-19 up to the 21st of January, of which 8,00,242 samples were tested on the 21st of January.
The Union Health Ministry, , informed that the share of active cases in the total positive COVID-19 cases has further shrunk to 1.81 % while the recovery rate improved to 96.75 %.
Meanwhile, currently India is conducting the first phase of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 vaccination drive.
The drive started with two Indian vaccines one by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech International Private Limited.
Covisheild and COVAXIN are two vaccines which is being administered to the people in phased manner.
