India on Friday recorded 63,371 new Covid-19 cases, which took its tally to 7,370,468. Earlier, on Thursday, India’s coronavirus caseload went past 7.3 million mark as the country logged 67,708 new infections. Also on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meeting of research and vaccine deployment system against Covid-19. During the meeting, he directed health authorities to scale up testing and serosurveys.
Elsewhere, the caseload of the United States, the world’s worst-hit country, went past the eight million, making it the first country to breach the mark. It recorded 60,000 new cases on Wednesday—the highest since August 14—to cross the eight million mark. India, Brazil, Russia and Spain, in that order, are the next four worst-hit countries.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive for Covid-19
“I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am in home quarantine. Those who came in contact with me in last few days may kindly follow the protocol,” tweets Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Agencies)
