India passes grim milestone of 10 million coronavirus infections
- 19 Dec 2020
Gulf Today Report
India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed the 10-million mark on Saturday, the world’s second highest, with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months.
Additional cases in the past 24 hours dropped to 25,152 from a peak of nearly 100,000 in mid-September. The Health Ministry on Saturday also reported 347 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities to 145,136.
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The epidemic has infected nearly 1% of India’s more than 1.3 billion people, second to the worst-hit United States.
India aims to provide vaccines to 250 million people by July 2021.
After hitting a peak in September, daily cases are now down to an average of 27,000.
India is home to some of the world’s biggest vaccine-makers and there are five vaccine candidates under different phases of trial in the country.
India aims to provide vaccines to 250 million people by July 2021. The government is planning to receive 450 million to 500 million doses, the Health Ministry said.
