The global coronavirus death toll is nearing the 10 lakh-mark while the total number of cases has crossed 3.2 crore as US leads the charts with over 70 lakh coronavirus cases. India has recorded over 59 lakh coronavirus cases so far with the death toll going past 93,000.
The total number of COVID-19 infections in the country crossed the 59-lakh mark to reach 59, 03,933. Also, as many as 1,089 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 93,379. At present, India has 9,60,969 active cases, while 48,49,585 people have been treated and discharged, the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said 7,02,69,975 samples have been tested up to September 25 for COVID-19. Of these, 13,41,535 samples were tested on September 25.
In the clinical trials, a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine has produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus. The results were seen in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial of the potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson. The vaccine, called Ad26.COV2.S, was equally well-tolerated at two different doses. A single shot, versus a rival two-dose approach being tested by Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc, could simplify distribution of the vaccine
Meanwhile, China has said it will make over 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine in a year after the Chinese government ramped up production. China’s vaccine production capacity will go up to 610 million doses by the end of this year.
Globally, as many as 32,475,585 people have been infected while 987,754 have lost their lives. Also, 22,377,620 people have recovered so far. India continues to remain the second worst-hit country after the United States, but topped the global chart in terms of virus recoveries.
